Bottom line....run the numbers......if they work, they work.All the evictions and drug stuff...that's emotional baggage.

You will definitely be named in any lawsuit and you will have a lot of time and emotional energy wasted.

If you are at a point, where you can pay everyone, and never have to go there yourself,  then logic should override emotion IMO.    

In my experience, the cost (emotional, financial, and time-commitment) is not worth getting your license unless you are planning on making it a full-time or semi-full time part of your business plan. 

Well I have finally gone through the teeth-pulling exercise of providing a bank with every detail about my life, so I can get another loan to refinance one of my properties (property #1). Now that they have the inform...

First - leave your emotions at home, NO COMPLIMENTS of the property, look for Value Deficiencies !

Don't let emotions cloud your business.

Things were going smoothly I’ve never missed a payment I’m on auto pay and have plenty of reserves I have a great payment history to this day.However my main lender at this bank got promoted and a local family friend took his place, my dad is unwilling to continue co-signing with this new lender because he “doesn’t like to do business with friends”.. he also is done with this bank. he got emotional.

ESA stands for - Emotional Support Animal and this falls under Fair Housing.You're in Montgomery, the biggest tenant friendly county in MD.

I love numbers but it's hard for me to totally detach from the emotional value to a potential property.