I would hope there are some other less obvious or “cool” areas that provide better financials (rather than appealing to my emotional - “I love those neighborhoods”).

But in regards to your feelings & emotions, have at it homie.

I get it...I get emotional with properties and buy into the sunk cost fallacy too.

Had lots of questions and emotions.  

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

You make the numbers work by coming in differently; more of a downpayment, buying distressed, focusing on quality over quantity.2) This is emotional.

Both approaches fail because they forget the most important part of the deal: EMOTIONS.

There are larger fluctuations in emotions as larger sums of money go in and out of your account.

Hard part with business is separating your emotions from it.

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