Salt Lake City, Utah was supposed to just be a two day stop, but here I find myself planting roots.

Thanks for planting the seed.

Most of the people who suffered in the crash were more on the retail side and newer investors who were just jumping in or older investors who were highly over-leveraged.

Appeal to common sense - - offer all payments to be refunded to surrender the keys and voluntarily terminate the lease by "mutual agreement" (get a signed release).Be nice, soft and suggest:He will never be happy and you don't what him to suffer with that 'environmental sensitivity' Yes, you'll lose a rent but only for a short time and you can move on to more productive applicants. 

Do any other real estate investors suffer from unhealthy frugality and how to I transform my relationship with spending money?

These are ideas/memes that have been planted in them since they were younger. 

I could also work at a variety of basically any power plant across the country.

@Michael Plante and @John Yue You find a partner who aligns your interests with theirs. 

You have walked a razors edge every day that you put off having your Core 4 in place and now you have suffered the consequences.

Apple announced they were building $275 billion dollar plant in China, nobody cared.