Evictions, drive by shooting, domestic disturbances, tenants fighting with each other, threats, unemployment, child welfare visits, - not the way I want to spend my time.  

The 'threat' of state interference is lighting a fire under some cities to take proactive action.

At least you don’t have to deal with CA landlord laws where you can’t evict anyone, you have to pay to help them move, there’s always a threat of rent caps, the higher property tax, they take some of your profits in state income tax, and if you do a 1031 exchange they tax that as well. 

Last but not least, he is also human being, He always treat people like he want to be treated, he does NOT have super natural powers or threat messages like other says “if you don’t join my group, You and your investors putting yourself into greater risk “.

Regardless, let’s continue.When we were exiting the first week of March, I was hammering the lender, telling them that they were at risk of losing the transaction (an empty threat).

The China threat is overblown IMO, like when the USSR was guaranteed to overtake the US in the 60's.

Not sure it'll continue to be this restrictive, but I can't see the threat totally going away.

That is a tough one to argue seeing the threat of fire is significant.  

. - Stock market tanking since October- Dow Jones construction has lost 33% since january 2018- interest are rising and will keep rising in the coming years- RE prices are now exceeding 2007 levels (not inflation adjusted though) - trade war threat

On the threat to tell everyone you are bad is common, too.