What emotional or temporal obstacles did you have to overcome to purchase that first 8 unit? 

If housing weakens in Bay area/CA, don't other states follow directionally? 

All emotion and convenience aside the numbers don't look good to me.  

Who knows he might be two months behind on his truck payment and something as small as 500 bucks would be a dreamCome true to get him out of a bad situation right now .He probably has little emotional connection to the house being it’s been a decade since he left it so some quick easy cash in his pocket would be something he didn’t have the day before .

Use the numbers as guides so you don't have to worry about being emotional about a purchase. 

Just this week I had a client convert a flip into a rental after it sat on the Oakland market for over a month at a price that would have yielded fairly low profit, and this is someone with a track record of successful flips in years past.So I guess this is neutral-to-good news if you're doing buy-and-hold and finding a way not to compete with the owner occupants bidding based on emotional appeal inspired by a reality TV show, but bad news if you're trying to be the next HGTV rockstar flipper paying MLS prices. 

Looking back, it was definitely an emotional based decision.

We put some of them into a retail house, to create a positive emotion in a buyer.

Hello, this is my first post and I am "stuck" emotionally on making an offer and wanted some thoughtful imput from the forums.My deal is located in an up and coming area 30 minutes from Charlotte,NC. 

She is financially irresponsible, living beyond her means, rent would never be paid on time and having her as a tenant would place a serious emotional strain on your existing tenants.