Getting an offer accepted is the mentality of a home owner buying. 

I firmly believe there is no reason to sacrifice your mental health, marriage, family, etc. for the sake of self-managing a STR.

This is why I advise everyone to put HML as a plan Z, the absolute LAST resort and to only consider once everything else has been exhausted AND with EXTENSIVE consideration to assure, without a doubt, it will be very short-term and is ONLY a temporary bridge-financing.

Reed has an exhaustive analysis of this on his website here:"The truth" (emphasis mine) about getting around due-on-sale clauses

In the process you learn that the seller is under her sisters care because of mental issues.

The victim mentality is ugly.

My mentality was basically "I have enough from my rentals to survive, let me focus on building up the investment sales pipeline in a social manner.

Hello everyone,My story makes me a little sick to think back on and retell, but it’s mine and I’ll claim it if for no other reason than the satisfaction of the difference when I’m free.I grew up in a rich home but in a “poor dad” mentality home.

We got to six figures in VTSAX before we realized we would go mental with the total lack of control over our investments.

I do think mass media and social media plays on the herd mentality and many many people don’t realize they’ve changed their beliefs and their values to fit in with the narrative.