One of those guys ended up in a mental institution.

It was so crazy when I was there because it seemed like so many people in Detroit had a "renters mentality" rather than an "owners mentality". 

This is the kind of (capital has no cost) idiotic mentally that drove the former Soviet Union into bankruptcy.

Investing is a commitment mentally and physically.

We plan on sending her a Christmas card so she can match a face with the voice and give her a mental reminder we are thinking of her.  

If you could meet with a realtor and spend a day on the ground it would put some mental pictures to the names of neighborhoods.I live in the San Francisco Bay area and people used to shy away from Oakland.

@Daniel Golub, once you move to commercial multi-family (5+ units) you have to get out of the SFR/flipping mentality.

As Jim K said, I do tend to have the analysis paralysis in general, but when it comes to houses I love jumping in... that's why I'm mentally ready for this journey.

@Matthew Schaefer Great advice above OR you could save yourself the hassle/mental anguish/pain/cost and go with a solid broker if your market.

Probably 80% of the renters have pets....so if something like that gets implemented you could get hurt...longer vacancy periods, etc...or they get really belligerent and want to approve all renters and see their background checks and things like that, which may or may not be illegal but when they start to have pitchfork mob mentality you pay the price.