I recommend listening to the Avery Carl episode of the podcast, and schedule a call with her. 

Listening to the sellers goals is always important, as money is not always highest on the list of priorities.

Maybe you listened to your coach who made notes of games or team competitions. 

This is also literally the first time in my career as a landlord (about 100 tenants at this point) that a tenant has questioned a rent increase.Yesterday I got this email from them:I do not believe that after what turned from weeks to months of listening to power tools for the majority of our down time, a rent increase is a reasonable request right now.A postponement of increase until January would be 3 months from the date you provided, roughly the length of construction.We enjoy this apartment, and arent going to be leaving anytime soon.

Everyone started asking questions and not listening to any answers. 

As a means to do this by separating my career from my business, after graduating I began to listen to the BP podcast, among others, and read any book about real estate investing and finance I could get my hands on.

We have been listening to the BiggerPockets podcast for the last six months and just finished reading The Book on Rental Property Investing.

People that don't have the mindset for it don't care enough to want to learn or listen.

I recommend reading books, listening to podcasts, and making it a daily routine to read several posts per day on this forum.

I have listens to and heard from many people that your real estate license can be an invaluable tool.