I have to say I'm very encouraged by the mentality of investors helping other investors.

@Walt Payne , clever: 'settle for that $50k'.Not settling, just pointing out the very favorable tax treatment of the first 50k, but I'll have to admit, what 50k is first is really an exercise in mental accounting.  

Those of us that are Investors and have an RE licence don't have that little guy mentality. 

Leveraging is just a mental and emotional hump that we are going to have to get over. 

I have been very mentally and time invested in this co-op, so I feel that I want to take a role in the co-op.

It doesn't have the same effect on me mentally that it used to--especially when I didn't have multiple rent checks to absorb the blows.

Agencies to speak to are those serving the blind, physical challenges, mental care, domestic violence centers, the clerk of court can point you to half way residences or court appointed agencies.

Mental real estate is priceless, I learned this in World of Warcraft where I made dedicated characters for my auctioneering and dedicated storage guilds/chars for my warehousing of supplies.

JP Not sure if you are from Orlando but the first advice I would provide is you MUST have the personality and mentality to deal with this area.

Mental deterioration is a reality as well, like it or not, and that doesn’t get any easier with time.