The difference with REI is there is no emotion.  

So the first offer I ever made on a rental property has been accepted and I am feeling all sorts of emotions.

My financial decisions were based more on emotional ties to the properties, and not so much on financial performance.

Pick a Location Based on Data: You need to pick a location, not based on emotions or feelings like "Newark seems like a great place to invest."

When I work with House hackers in Colorado Springs we definitely talk about how if it doesn't scare you a little bit and it's not hard it probably also won't be that financially or emotionally rewarding. 

there are just pros and cons that have to be weighed. i'm a residential girl personally, because it FEELS more reliable to me (i FEEL like there's more demand & it's more recession-proof), but i'm basing that on no real facts lol. people love commercial because there are less emotions involved in tenant issues, you can set up your leases so that tenants are paying repairs/maintenance, it seems to be overall EASIER to manage commercial. there's a girl on IG named aviva that is a commercial realtor and commercial investor, and she shares a lot of helpful advice for anyone considering going to commercial. hope this helps!

But first, please analyze your emotional attachment to the home!

You keep giving emotional reasons why you appear to want to keep it. 

It is hard for people to separate out the emotion of the whole thing, but after having been burned a few times you will learn to look at each tenant pretty clinically. 

Not emotions but number.