I too bought a short-sale in 2012, after a 9 months ordeal that filled with drama and anxiety, the bank gave us like 2 weeks to close.

I have anxiety and OCD.

The empty property is a target and that causes a lot of anxiety; simply not worth the cash flow as far as further investing.

I am glad I did such extensive research because I am very knowledgeable about this particular niche however the longer you wait to start actually moving forward with your business, the greater the anxiety will become.

From this post:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/70/topics/104083-getting-started-with-notes"Here's a good book to check out on Amazon: Performance Anxiety by Gordon Moss.

Which landed me in the hospital after having an anxiety attack (I thought I had a heart attack) from all the stress.

As it's well-known, it's very difficult to achieve something near the 2% rule in markets like Honolulu and the Bay Area so having a large factor like HOA fees out of our control increases our anxiety about condos being our first purchase.Although we are apprehensive about entering a RE market with such high entry prices, we are even more apprehensive about investing remotely (only other market we are interested in is the SF Bay Area, where both of our families are).

Having said that, some of your comments are giving me an anxiety attack lol!

Mighty stressful and anxiety-inducing, but it seems that you guys made out quite well!  

Believe me, I'm not Dave Ramsey, but what you are contemplating causes me to feel anxiety for YOU.