This is a great way to connect with people in a very low stress situation.Be sure and invite all of your friends to come along as well.

Although I was affected some, I had zero stress about the downturn.

Have a good lawyer write a strong contract, and perform background checks...I have also now hired a management company after 15 years of managing myself and the stress is much less.

Me I tried to negotiate with them . and depending on their attitude would decide what to do.also if I showed up and the house was in perfect shape and not a dump I might even lease back for a year. we all need to understand that the family losing the house is usually highly stressed. 

You should not be stressing over $100-200 if you made a mistake. 

Now I stressed her out and she doesn’t know what to do.

I've worked to dramatically decrease my debt over the last year with the intention of banking my cash until I found a property I could move on but something stressful has happened. . .I just stumbled upon what I think is a gem, that is off market, and exactly what I was interested in getting started with.

This helps to weed out the tire kickers and only have serious buyer as to reduce the inconvenience of the tenants as well as in this case to not alarm the tenants as change of ownership can be stressful. 

Finding good tenants is extremely important in hopefully having a stress free experience. 

It is a situation fraught with danger of causing rifts in friendships and creating stress in the family ties that bind.