@Marco PadillaIt's easy for us to say all this because we have experienced it; the initial visceral reaction to a large loss is emotional can you give us more color when you are back in country?

This isn’t indicative of most unrepped buyers offers though, they usually just call or text and throw out a number with no clue how to write an actual offer, and expect the listing agent to do all the work for them writing it up then hold their hand throughout the whole sales process dealing with all their emotions and illogical decisions and bs like a buyers agent would. 

But, any retirement plan or investment strategy should have firm understandings of associated risks and the discipline to mitigate and steer clear of them.Brandon W.

Maybe that is not even good idea, but perhaps better chances of success and maintaining a relationships.Probably NOT what you want to hear, but if you're making $125,000 and you don't have the discipline or willpower or willingness to save for the down payment and closing costs on property #2, then what will you do if things go south..like your tenant doesn't pay rent, you have 3 months of vacancy, or the tenant destroys the property and you need to rehab?   

Yes, she's probably a little emotional, but she's pregnant.

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.

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.