They caught me off guard as I didn't want to delay my closing and allowed my emotions to take over first vs trusting my gut instinct!

You say they are struggling to pay rent, then it may be a deeper issue than the AC problem.

If it’s for investment, I say don’t get emotional and fire off whatever offer you want to.

It sounds like to me that your agent is used to working with normal home buyers who make decisions in large part based on emotion.

If you are going to develop into a full time professional real estate investor you are going to have to develop emotional intelligence along with everything else.

I know how buying a house for a primary residence can become an emotional decision which increases the amount a person is willing to pay... but with attempting to pick up a long-term buy and hold, at least in my experience, the profitably is largely determined at purchase (and of course subsequent to this, proper tenant screening and management of the property).

• ARV compared to asking price - If there‘s a lot of room for appreciation I‘ll look deeper at the deal

If you want to dig into his experience a bit deeper just let me know!

At first it seemed like the perfect place to invest, but just by digging a little deeper that "honey hole" turned into a "cemetery".

My family was very attached with the one we moved from, reason being the first home and the time and emotional attachement with the house we spend that we ended up renting and it’s still being rented after 8 years with good tenant and in great neighborhood.