It makes sense for him to reach out to high influencers and ask for them to join him because it boosts his credibility.  

We renovated the entire downstairs which boosted its market rent.

When in fact depending on the quality of the renter most are living pay check to pay check and simply dont have the same mentality of paying everything on time etc.. if they did they would buy a home  :)  I mean really think about it just like you stated you lose probably 2 to 4k kicking this tenant out over a few days late each month.. thats lost money never coming back to you.. plus not all rental markets are red hot right now some markets rents are going down a touch so maybe you cant even rent it for what your getting now.. or maybe not..

Again, I understand that this is likely just a mental hurdle. 2.

Any edition of Leigh Robinson's Landlording, for example, has been a confidence boosting resource for decades (low cost or eve free at the library). 

Besides the elections are going to boost all markets including energy recovery.

We renovated the entire downstairs which boosted its market rent.

We renovated the entire downstairs which boosted its market rent.

My scenario is different.I am the commercial real estate broker and owner of my company.So I have my listings and buyer clients I work with which brings in a certain amount and then I have my own properties I purchase as an investor myself.As a broker once you have your own investments bringing in income you can pick and choose who you want as clients on the real estate brokerage side.It's empowering at a listing when the seller knows you are not DESPERATE for a listing and you are in demand.They want to choose you because you get results and not because you agree with everything they say.What anyone needs to start is relative to income coming in and family and life demands.For instance if someone has racked up 80,000 in credit card debt on stupid stuff they have nobody to blame but themselves.In my state of Georgia 30,000 a year isn't that bad as cost of living is really low.In some other states 30,000 would just last a few months.So that is how I run my business as I explained above.I try to train agents to help them out but I find they don't have the "fire in their belly" to change their lives.With investing you have to have a "whatever it takes" mentality.

One small wrinkle is that about 3-4 units have been rented to tenants who receive assistant from some non-profit veteran and mental health services groups (to be clear 2 separate groups, one veteran, one mental health).