@Chris PurcellI'm somebody that likes to keep situations simple, and by letting emotions and how you feel get involved, one can make any situation very complicated.

Yes this is not what you wanted in home ownership, but don't let a tough situation become a disaster.Take emotion out of the decision and point out the areas that my logic is off base.I wish the best for you.

And with the peak boomers retiring soon, the housing demand might weaken not long thereafter.

The fact that we did not want to demo the entire home was a big selling point, it was an emotional think and we realized that from the beginning.

It prevents emotional knee jerk reactions to market volatility and world geo political events.

Challenge is +95% of agents only deal with owner-occupied transactions, which are emotional-based purchases, and are actually pretty clueless when it comes to helping an investor make a numbers-based purchase.Don't believe us?

But thanks for sharing your opinion/propaganda/emotion as well.

I would more so worry about fixing the actual issue than dealing with the emotional aspect of it. 

I recognize these are highly charged and emotional moments.

You can't ask them ahead of time, because it would be the same thing as asking them if they have a disability.I suggest reading up on the emotional support dog laws.