It can get depressing sometimes. 

Assess the quality and experience of the management team or consider outsourcing management duties to reputable firms.Market Oversaturation: An oversupply of similar properties in the market can depress rental rates and occupancy levels, affecting your investment returns.

Also rereading Ravi Batra's The Great Depression of 1990, just wanted a paperback for the plane ride and it is amazing how much of it is relevant to today's economy. 

The extensive root systems will start caving once removed, which will cause issues for a while -- we had one down in a storm and we're still filling in where roots all over the yard continue decomposing, causing depressions in the yard even 5 years later. 

It is really tiring and depressing to spend almost 2 hours just talking about pre foreclosures. 

No living room sounds like a deal breaker, would at the very least depress the rent you could otherwise get for it. 

I removed Airbnb from this Google Trends search because it depressed all the other searches because it is most popular in Hawaii.

My lot is vacant, in a depressed area. 

The people I’ve encountered in my 40 + years as a real estate investor and private lender who are successful have the following in commonThey are educated as to principles of real estate; real estate law; and real estate financeThey LEARN something new about real estate investing almost every day, and are open to realigning their strategy, tactics, and portfolio to encompass new information and knowledgeThey SPECIALIZE either in a strategy, property type or geographical area, and become EXPERT in that areaThey have survived real estate “depressions” where property prices have dropped 20% - 50%They understand the difference between real estate investing, operating a real estate BUSINESS, and having a real estate job.They network, for knowledge, capital and most importantly DEAL FLOWThe key thing to consider when you watch a YouTube video, take an “introductory” seminar, or read a guru’s website, is what is the subject persons BIAS?  

Distressed homeowners are typically pretty down and depressed already given their situation.