WOW I have heard it all.People too damn lazy and trying to justify it with the rationalization that they spend too much time in line at the grocery store and in the kitchen. 

Don't waste your time trying to explain or rationalize your goals to them.

But you need a model to follow or carefully depart from, and a series of rational explanation for why that model works.

They are a non-profit that acts as a middleman.

It helps me to make rational decisions vs. building hatred, anger and not wanting to deal with tenant problems.The first thing I did was I sent every tenant a letter telling them how I was the new building owner.

Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.

They are emotional buyers looking to buy their "home", and will do a lot of rationalizing to make sense of their "investment". 

That doesn't make it right, it just makes it rational. 2.

There are lots of other factors to consider (for example Property A could be falling apart, and Property B could be turnkey) - The price to rent rations (aka 1% rule) is just a quick screening tool, nothing more. 

Renting out rooms has helped us rationalize staying in a home that is oversized for our present situation.