I'm hungry for more distressed properties and would like to pursue some form of off market lead generating this year, but had some mild anxiety at the amount of ibuyer marketing activity around Atlanta lately.

Even though I would like to focus on real estate, the thought of the student loan balance growing does give me a bit of anxiety.

I am having anxiety about covering this lovely floor with crap modern wood :(Thank you in advance! 

Plus you get all the anxiety of the waiting game. 

But having one already paid off gives us a bit of anxiety borrowing against it, where as the other property w a mortgage at 5% rate and good ARV is an option, but we have been trying to learn if finding an available Heloc on investment properties would be a smart move or not.

I deal with anxiety in my adulthood from everything I've been through.

I wanted to see if other experienced investors could help me on how to deal with the stress, anxiety and sometimes the fear of managing a larger portfolio of homes?

You have absolutely calmed my anxiety to know tax liens supersede any prior liens - one big relief for me! 

We had a couple of bumps and bruises along the way but we worked through them and I have learned much from this experience and it really helped to decrease the anxieties about getting into this.Do you have units yourself or do you focus on the lending?

This is why so many tenants fraudulently claim to be suffering from anxiety or emotional stress, get an animal prescribed, and then move it in.