The first deal is fundamentally important mentally & emotionally, but also to build your confidence to scaling your portfolio over time. 

A puppy is not usually an Emotional Support animal, feels like gaming you and planned it.

Emotional Support Animals (ESAs).

"Fairness" is just an emotional way to manipulate people.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not abdicating that you cut bait and run at the first sign of trouble, but if the facts and circumstances change then you need to re-evaluate, without emotion, whether the RE investment is still viable.imPerfection: We have all made mistakes in our lifetime.

Step back and figure out what you want to accomplish, what it is going to take to do it - financially, intellectually, emotionally - and decide if you're willing to do what it is going to take to achieve it. 

I don't get involved in emotional rants or demands.

Don't get emotional (I know it's tough).

One point Scott makes is that having the imposed deadline (for you, lease up in late July) of having to get a place in that time frame may create some emotions and added stress that you could avoid by signing a month to month, preparing and understanding what kind of property you want and being able to be on your toes in this hot sellers market.

We are here to purchase properties not due to some emotional attachment like most home buyers, but due to the cold facts and metrics of due diligence.