Don't get emotional or raise your voice.

Even though they got the HUD sheets, they did not want to pay the costs out of their share.Property is VERY hard to split when people are emotionally involved.Is a shared property with kids worth it? 

I would try to not let emotion play a role here and outweigh what it says on paper as to what makes the most sense to do- ergo being too eager to have one buy and hold property if it made more sense to sell. 

Today residential is overpriced, emotional, and competitive. 

For reasons that were more emotional than rational*, we decided to keep the old house as a rental.

I think it might pay to have a goal in mind that is more number based than emotional and making sure the numbers are the driving force apart from the desire to simply own multifamily alone.

The truth is landlords struggling doesn't really stir the same kind of emotion in the broader public as their favorite restaurant closing.You are correct, there's not a lot of hard data to support this extension.

Dealing with people’s drama is a real mental and emotional time suck!

I know there’s other “emotional” reasons for why we invest the way we do.

They tend to view the place as a temporary living quarters until they can afford better.