It just blows my mind how much of a herd mentality we have in this country.

If you sold him hard with the 'let the buyer beware' mentality, you probably owe him a call at least. 

I have a small business mentality and work ethic to the core.Again, thank you so much for the feedback.

They had a few units, one with a long term tenant who turned into a horror and just mentally drained them over the past year.

I work part-time as a mental health counselor and while money is great; I desire more... how many hours  is considered a good trade off for locating properties locally and nationally?

You are clearly well rehearsed in self-education, so consider this "first deal" as your first exam.

You don't want to get mentally exhausted of whatever your primary means of income is, regardless of whether or not it's from real estate, your day job, or something else.And this is part of why I find real estate so provocative.

I also try to avoid "paranoid" individuals as they tend to have multiple other mental issues making for a high demand tenant.

Any person with personal bad debt is mentally not prepared to invest.

Further, much to what I have already said, the real practical matter is it is dangerous for investors to have this type of mentality.