Most are folks that have the emotional control of a 5 year old, controlling attitude, an omniscient narrative in every thread & topic, act like an online hall monitor, and constant attention seeking. 

, and we caused emotional distress to him via this ordeal, so they deserve more for emotional distress.

Motivation is an emotional thing.

I look at foreclosures.comOut of the 3 stages I am definitely not ready for an auctionpreclosure / short sales:- I need to research how to take over a deed / title- need to prepare how to do door knocking (I have a sales background and feel confident in dealing with an emotional conversation about someone’s home) - there IS a window of like 4 weeks that I need to prepare for (have my finances in order) to then bid before it goes to auction?

In many cases, it weakens the lender's position as they did not underwrite the buyer and an owner-occupant tends to pay better than non-owner-occupants.

Because someone looking to live in the property will pay more because it's usually an emotionally drive decision.

If it is a pet, be aware that they could get paperwork saying it is an emotional support animal (if so tell them it needs to be from a local medical professional not a website) or say that they don't have a pet.

Given the cash flow loss on the 7% property, I think I need to remove the emotion and make the right business decision for my portfolio holistically.

No it's your friends boomer parents giving the downpayment to your Gen Z/millennial friend to buy that house to their newlywed son with their new daughter in law/wife being emotional and running up the price because it's a "dream" house.

So when we did not receive any response to our emails for several days, this naturally triggers concerns and emotions.