I guess expecting you to pay rent, not trash the house and otherwise abide by the lease terms is "mean".To add insult to injury, although she finally left within hours of our encounter, she decided to text me another insult the next day.

Then pull the trigger.

Connect with some loan officers to get pre-approved so that you are ready to pull the trigger when necessary.3)  At this point, you probably want to start interviewing agents. 

I was going to pull the trigger on a couple in Spokane, but got cold feet.  

I think pulling the trigger on the first deal/project is the main thing.

Realize what in particular triggers your stress and try to eliminate or reduce the source of your stress.Or use the stress to do something productive.

I ended up at 4.5% fixed 30 year term and know I could've gotten a better rate had I pulled the trigger when I was still using it as my primary residence.

Most of my setbacks are due to analysis paralysis and the fear of goofing up, I am trying to get over that initial fear and just charge ahead, I have been close to getting a few deals done but wasn't able to pull the trigger.   

You are doing two things wrong, first you are devaluing your property by not charging market rents, value being based on income, and second you are risking legal action in the event of a injury.

Let us know when  you pull the trigger :)Ps.