Its about being conscious or aware of the present and not going to fare into negative thoughts.

There is a reason your risk conscious partner bought them.4.Suck it up and ask for a private loan.

Conscious decision, timing was important, price reflected generous buffer for known needed work.What I didn't realize is, the tenants are kind of irresponsible slobs, and rather than reporting things to me or applying a _proper_ fix, they'll do a hack fix (e.g. they tied a piece of cloth around a pinhole leak in a pipe, which resulted in expensive water damage years down the line).I've run into a such few cases, where repairs were needed due to long-term tenant negligence (when they rented from the previous owner, so basically before our lease), and I'd like to protect myself and hold them accountable for any future such things that come up.

@Steven Gesis this may be too out of the box, but solar panels, composting, expanding recycling centers.Depending on market, millennials are much more environmentally conscious.

Also, be conscious of the price increase if their rent is way under market. 

To get people to like you, and trust you.You must WORK ON YOURSELF.Take one of these every week and meditate on the saying.Tape it to the bathroom mirror at eye height.Say it OUT LOUD 5 times (yes your wife - husband - dog - cat - boyfriend - girlfriend - kid(s)) will laugh at you.But you are working on your sub conscious, your "mind talk"Here you go.

I hadn’t given much conscious thought but in the back of my mind I figured having a contract written and signed would be a given for any sizable job.

These are all important indicators of neighborhood character or quality that probability get factored into the final sale price (consciously or not). 

That was a conscious decision we made several years ago when we started having kids...thank God for that wisdom being given to us when we were younger HA!

Financial education has always been a large missing gap in the majority of American consciousness.