Please feel free to reach out with me any questions, comments, concerns, emotional outbursts (maybe save this one for the dog).

Unfortunately I can't force him to close his window blinds or move the clothes, but if you see anything that is urgent, let me know and I can speak with them. " What I would doIf it was about temporary existence of clothes/beer, I wouldn't tell the tenant.

Take the emotion out of it.  

I think I’ve been looking at this more through an emotional lens which is a mistake and which is why I’ve been trying to negotiate.

Have any of you had to borrow money to get through a temporary cash flow issue?

or just emotional melt downs.. more than a few times when I showed up at the door the one spouse was unaware that the house was even in foreclosure because the other spouse hid it from them. 

Once you know those, then you can start to make the more emotional decisions--like which option do you like the best?

I have countered back for LESS than what I originally offered after they countered and they took it (ridiculous as that seems.)It is hard to know what is going on and it can be emotional (which is part of their strategy..if there is one and it is not just bureaucracy.) 

Emotions have no place in being a landlord . 

@Justin Smith As a temporary solution, it sounds like you could use a HELOC from your primary home to use as the down payment for the new investment property.