Also check out an ebook called Performance Anxiety: Creating A Fortune Investing In Non-Performing Real Estate Loans by Gordon Moss, great stuff and easy read.

There are also a lot of books out there, some that I've heard of and purchased (still waiting for them in the mail) are Invest in Debt, Performance Anxiety, Paper Profits, Turning Distressed into Success.  

I guess it all depends on your threshold for pain - if you could really talk to this guy and work things out , then it may be salvagable    - perhaps he just got though dealing with some major life issues and took it out on you - just remember - this guy is living in your property and you have to keep dealing with him on a regular basis - the property management industry can be better defined as a "people management" industry - so it may be good to learn how to deal with these type of situations so that you can get a thick skin  - personally , having dealt with problem tenants and with ideal tenants - I would choose the temporary loss of replacing a bad tenant with a good one any day of the week, cause there is really no way to quantify the piece of mind that comes with having and excellent tenant vs the anxiety of dealing with someone unstable

I’m not sure my anxiety can handle being a landlord.

The hardest part is locating the private investor and one has "fallen in your lap" Stop with the anxiety and call, dont write!

We understand the anxiety that comes with vacancies, but with the right strategies, you'll be well-equipped to attract reliable tenants.

The beaches is GREAT to live and invest if you have a lot more capital, but you do have disruptions in the form of storms, not often, but they create a lot of anxiety when you are told to Mandatory Evacuate.

Divorce, sever depression, acute anxiety disorders, criminal vandalism, and even physical injury.

REI has unlocked me from the paralyzing anxiety I got from the one-way fits all corporate ladder climbing that I was stuck in.

I'm reaching out to people who are dealing with a very specific, anxiety-inducing problem, and I'm addressing this exact issue in my direct mail piece (pointing out the problem, highlighting the consequences of their inaction, and offering them a solution that is simple and easy for them to accept).It helps to know exactly who you're targeting (whatever their issue is), because it allows you to put yourself in their shoes and tailor your mail piece to communicate directly to those issues (rather than writing a generic message that doesn't really speak to their actual problem).