Do not become emotionally attached to any properties Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

From what I’ve learned so far if a tenant is looking for a reason to screw you, they’ll find one, but using compassion and emotional intelligence as a landlord goes a long way!

Are you emotional or mathematical?

Unless your property inspection finds a lot of costly-to-fix problems, Sellers become emotionally attached to your offer, and you'll be contractually attached to it if they accept your offer.

By eliminating "pet" rent and "pet" fees it sidesteps the emotional support animal people.

They haven't managed to sell, and this is an emotional problem for them more than it is a financial at this point.

How do you handle this mix of emotion?

The big reason is that I treat my tenants professionally without throwing emotion into the mix and ramping them up, I document everything, I know the law, and I have policies and procedures in place to act quickly when trouble arises.Now that I've bragged about it, I'll probably have an eviction soon and ruin my record!

In future, I will try to keep my emotions under control (Good luck with that!)

The constant yapping, aggression etc, whether they are service dogs, emotional support animals (yes there is a difference) or pets.