Nights, weekends, irrational/emotional clients (this last one goes just as much of owner-occupants as it does for investors).  

That's what those under-educated so-called financial expert fools advising HUD gravely FAILED IN THEIR LACK OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE CREATING THIS brow-beating, emotionally-destructive, mentally painful, soul despairing REVERSE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY! 

People always want to save money by self managing, but just take a look at these boards- almost every tenant issue here, financial, emotional or otherwise, is due to an amatuer trying to self manage.

Perhaps this weakens their position.

I have an emotional attachment to it and I'm not ready to give it up yet.  

I think that data should guide our decisions, even if some people may rely on their emotions or gut sentiments.

It’s not an emotional play, it’s business. 

I discovered this AFTER I bought my first rental, and was emotionally crushed

Representing yourself on a extremely large transaction could be like shooting yourself in the foot.You will be emotionally involved and might make a decision that can cost you way more than an agent. 

I just evicted my first tenant last year and had to go through this emotional rollercoaster of not pursuing the money because I knew she simply didn't have it.