The other level of motivation is it is time to go no matter the cost and no reasonable offer even if low will be refused so he can retire and finally relax. 

Sit back, relax and cash flow. 

Your tenant just wants you to stay the hell away and no sooner are you relaxed then the place becomes part of a city wide drug raid.

That usually makes them relax.  

Also, if you think you could save some money on doing it yourself, you can also calculate its worth, say if you hire someone at 12/hr, and you earn 24/hr, you can hire 2 hrs of work vs doing it yourself. if it were me, I would rather pay and relax vs me doing grunt work, else, I would have just bought myself (and/or the 4-plex) an additional job.

Relax Dude.

Write them down and put “I am” in front of them.The next part is uncomfortable: get in front of your bathroom, look yourself in the eyes and read your card to yourself out loud.You’ll feel silly and uncomfortable at first, but relax, no one’s watching.

There should probably be another education section jammed in between Goals 4 and 5 on REI start up companies and everything that comes along with running it.  6) Grow my portfolio - As the years pass and i start to master the ins and outs of rental properties i will want to flex the brain muscle and expand my company.  

he is now "retired" ( I say it that way because he has never been one for relaxation or vacations) So here is a list a questions Please let me know of more questions to ask:How big is your real estate investing business?

I was speaking to a lead inspector today and he said that he and his colleagues have been told that Charlie Baker is going to relax the lead laws of MA to be more similar to other states.