As i've heard a lot of investors say, throughout this whole escrow, I have been an emotional roller coaster, but I am very confident and happy with how things are shaping up. 

Louisville is fantastic for cash flow and is a safe place to start since we don't typically get caught up in the roller coaster effect of steep appreciation followed by sudden pull backs when the market isn't red hot.  

Property problems are a roller coaster ride.  

The contractor roller coaster is challenging especially when out of state.

This is how townhouses get built,  for example a 50x100 lot is divided into four 25x50 postage stamp lots.Also,   some SFR areas adjacent to 'urban village' designated areas and arterials were upzoned further to 'lowrise'  (low to mid density multifamily) Since the only long term way to handle demand for more housing is to build more housing,  and because (left coaster here) I'd prefer more density to more sprawl into what rural areas we have left I generally support a gradual upzoning process.   

I have put days of work into helping her understand the process, answering question, going through her emotional roller coaster ride, etc.

This is why the Fed is stepping on US neck more and more trying to choke things out, because they would rather get a roller-coaster effect from recession, boom cycle vs stagflation. 

A roller coaster of thousands or tens of thousands of dollars higher and then lower and then higher again from one auction cycle to the next.  

It's always good to see another Treasure Coaster on the forum.

The roller coaster analogy.