Nonetheless, as with any type of investing, be careful how much emotion you let seep into the equation.

Sometimes gotta get the emotion out of it and approach it from a loss cutting position, and you're all absolutely right.

You have to cut expenses or make more money or both-I would spend one evening a week at a REIA meeting-I will get your spouse on board and make sure she backs you emotionally-I would set up an LLC and finding an attorney-look at starting a solo 401(k) when you quit your business, investigate it now, @Dmitriy Fomichenko sets up solo 401(k)s-many people spend everything they make and don't save anything, start saving-if you have an IRA, look at setting up a self-directed IRA through trustetc.com-I look for problems, such as expired listings, mostly no equity pretty houses, search "Brian Gibbons creative financing"Best of luck to you

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Don't get emotionally attached to any particular property or target is good advice when starting out.Best of luck!

Try not to let your emotions get the best of you.

An additional, often undiscussed benefit of a property manager is the emotional distance between the owner and tenant.  

Not sure where the line between "emotional support animal" and "service dog" is, or even if it matters in this case

Put emotion aside, look at the facts, and make a decision based on the financial analysis you've conducted. 

Follow your policies and procedures, take the emotions out of it.