He's playing the emotional card like "I'm 100% commissioned, my family has to eat, are the better terms worth a few bucks a month to you?"

Differences in philosophy, opinion, work ethic, and personality will come to a head when tensions are running high if expectations were not outlined ahead of time.Working with family comes with the added layer of past history and emotional ties.

Please recognize them as “companion animals“ integral to her emotional health.

I do, however, want to set some metrics that can easily remove the emotion from purchasing.

If leasing the house is not a temporary measure to keep it occupied while you are away, and you have no plans of coming back in the near future, I would definitely try to sell it.

I almost bought an auctioned property with emotion but stopped myself.

Never allow personal emotions to interfer with business decisions.

Cash on Cash, etc... and can you get the deal together (down, financing, closing costs, etc..) to buy it.Don't buy on emotion, buy on the numbers you want to get.If the Seller agrees to your numbers, it's best to go through it with a commercial multi-family property inspector.

REI is emotional. 

cozy is a great place to start especially if its only temporary