Thank you all for your help--it has been a roller coaster with that particular property and we had to cancel the deal due to issues with the seller.

That when I seen the vision with real estate investing especially with the roller coaster ride of the stock market.

I recently Bought my first property (fixer upper), in the Miami lakes area with my wife and it was quiet a roller coaster ride.

It was a roller coaster ride because the sellers were very difficult to work with, it was a short sale and they were losing their home rightfully so.

but if you buy low end high yield it will be a roller coaster. and you could potential lose money..  

I like using https://www.niche.com/ but their rating seems too overrated, while yours is more conservative (which is a good thing for me) I travel through Houston a few times a year and the heat and humidity for a west coaster is just so oppressive no way I  could live there personally. 

David recommends diversifying in Fixed Income and Real Estate Funds which are typically double digit returns and Fixed which is nice when the stock market roller coaster goes down.Best of luck, you seem to be doing your due diligence and putting together a plan that will work for you.

In my opinion what you're feeling is very natural which is why you lean on the math or connections with more experience to help level out the emotional roller coaster ride which is real estate.

Its been a real roller coaster ride with VRBO the last few years but unfortunately about 99% of my bookings come through them.

Reading that introduction makes me realize how much of a roller coaster life can be.