This causes the story of the 4 hours of pointless driving to circulate around the company.

You really can’t affford to spend much time on these people.As both an investor and real estate agent, I see it as incumbent on the investor to do their homework which doesn’t include trying to get blood from a stone by pestering the listing agent.

It didn't draw blood but really scared me as I am sure it could have been worse. 

The boiler then ran out of water circulating through the heating system, damaging the boiler. 

I also poured my blood sweat and tears into the second property as a live in renovation and I find it very hard to let it go.  

It's probably growing because the house was empty and the air was not given a chance to circulate. 

Also yuge factor is the elimination by the Feds of the State property tax deduction, combined with many of those states completely screwing the people that are trying to flee by raising those taxes, and demanding to show where they lived every single day to show they actually left the state (hint, the blood sucking tax collectors in NY). 

For last resort to draw.Keep or get a W2 income job, so you can buy up when there is blood on the streets :)

We don't have blood in the streets but I am still a buyer for the right property at the right price. 

Or literally blood relatives?