This is fine - a realtor who is used to people making emotional decisions over cute kitchens or whatever won't understand your goals or requirements anyway, so would likely not be very useful.I suggest searching the BP city-specific forums for investor friendly realtors in the cities you're interested in.

Paying $500-$1000 extra here or there when it's comfortable is technically doing the same thing, but it's like the difference between throwing a bullet and shooting one. of course it feels nice to be able to throw tens of thousands on your principal and feel good about it, but it's not free money, not even close. here's a great file you can use to run various scenarios and see for yourself what, if any, velocity you're getting (devoid of emotion): https://www.biggerpockets.com/...  

You never allow personal emotions to interfere with business decisions. 

Chances are if you say no, he will go online and get papers claiming it is an emotional support animal. 

No emotion.

I am not a huge fan of selling because I think the property will continue to appreciate nicely and it is a property that my wife and I really like (I know I shouldn't get emotionally involved with investments)...

Worth)  Just sell it, if you don't have emotional connection to Dallas why bother.You live in gold cave, last month there were 3/1 SF in bad condition for 1.1mil in Snnyvale, lets say rehab is 100k, comp is 1.7 if you upgraded it to 3/2 LOLSometimes the ATM is hidden in your own backyard :)

That drives heavy bidding competition, persons bidding with emotional motive. 

Naturally I felt a mix of emotions, such as excitement about finally owning a house, anxiety about making such a significant financial decision, and even a little bit of fear about the unknown.

In my experience, there’s always a story and sometimes the details in the deal are much different than one would imagine.What I see: someone who endured 12 months of anticipation, anger, humility, learning, letdown, stress, joy, and most importantly a mother flipping desire to take control of every facet of every transaction I will partake in in the near future.I’m emotionally exhausted thinking about what transpired over the previous 12 months.