Mislabel one of the other parties emotions or desires “so it seems that you are really eager to leave your job” when you know they want to stay-this forces them to listen and tell you that’s not it, but this is.

In my mind, I figured it would weed out people who had too much emotional investment in their property. 

Not an Emotional Support Animal (ESA). 

I think because this was a house hack in an area we wanted to live in, I let emotions cloud the numbers.

investors I can see this.. they are more numbers driven and a house is a house if it fits the area they want to buy in.. and are not emotional about the purchase at least most..  

Duplexes are sold on emotion, not cash flow.

Compassion and emotions related to dealing with tenants is only a path to failure.

Lots of good, practical information, especially keeping emotions in check when investing in RE.I love SFH, but I agree with him about MF. 

Its a mathmatics problem, not an emotional one. 

Experienced real estate agents and investors in an area know of the things that can impact the usability of a comp that less experienced people will often miss - (e.g. if there is a "historic" district within a 1 mile radius which would make using a comp from that area less useful even though it is within a mile) Having someone who does not have a financial interest in whether or not a deal gets funded review the property is a way to help pull emotion out of a deal.Also, we don't send evaluators out to review a deal (thus having the borrower incur an evaluation fee) without reviewing the deal with them before.