Unfortunately, some choices are business decisions and you have to get over the emotions of the moment. 

Try to take a long-term view—it usually helps remove the emotional weight and allows you to think more clearly about the problem.

Buying or selling a home is a major financial (and emotional) undertaking.

You need to get out there and look harder for good deals and buy deeper.  

Okay, that IS a really tough job, I can see that draining one emotionally. 

But I've never done due diligence on a rental before so I'll definitely dig in deeper and I really appreciate your advice .

Economists note that job growth in typically underreported industries fell by 42,000 compared to the 6-month average, suggesting August’s numbers may understate actual gains.Key Employment GainsConstruction: +34,000 jobs, driven by heavy civil engineering and nonresidential trade contractors.Healthcare: +31,000 jobs, though slower than the past year's monthly average of 60,000.Social Assistance: +13,000 jobs, with more modest growth compared to previous months.Other growing sectors include financial activities, wholesale trade, and government (+24,000 jobs).Job Losses and Sector StrugglesManufacturing: -24,000 jobs.Retail: -11,100 jobs.Temporary help employment continues to shrink, reflecting business uncertainty.Wage and Fed Policy ImplicationsWages rose by 0.4% in August, up 3.8% year-over-year, supporting a cautious approach by the Federal Reserve on deeper rate cuts.

Many invest with emotion, not facts.

The benchmark is what people do for pro formas and try to re-write history in the future, it never works that way.I've been deeper than anybody here in physical asset investing, albeit not REI, and it's just not the case that history is relevant.

While equity financing can be a smart move in the right circumstances, the sheer volume of people turning to it lately seems to suggest something deeper might be going on.