Since college, I have only set goals for myself just in terms of financial wealth, but I now see how important it is to set goals in other forms of wealth: physical wealth (taking care of your health), emotional wealth, spriitual wealth.

I want to just pull the trigger on a good deal, manage the risk and perhaps succeed and not regret never trying, but in light of their situation i get the sense its emotionally a bad time but financially a good one for me.

Don't get emotional during remodeling.

@Mark RowanShort answers:1 - Yes, the buyer can do anything they want with the house once they own it.2 - Yes, pictures and/or video can help someone decide if they want to buy a home but ultimately an owner occupant is likely to be more emotionally picky than an investor.

When family members work on a project together, many times there is laughter, frustration, and other emotions that really bring people together.

The bread and butter are those who have no emotional connection to the house(Key Factor), those who feel that the house is as good as lost and those who absolutely hate everything the house stands for.those are true leads!

A furnished house creates a more emotional connection with buyers, as compared to an empty house, which just feels unwelcoming.While I've never done any split-testing to compare staging vs not staging, our average DOM is less than 2 weeks and our average sale:list price ratio is 96%+.

I feel for you- I have always been self employed and it sucks as far as getting residential mortgages- especially the first oneDo you have family that you trust (both emotionally and financially) and trust you?

Emotionally we hate coming home to the odd floor plan and 1970s kitchen and bathrooms.

Yes;  at times is may seem as though, despite all our efforts, we may experience various negative events or emotions in our lives;  despair, anxiety, fear, apathy, mistrust, anger, or whatever.