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Often they will get to know their tenants, the landlord's inner compassion often rules supreme over their inner capitalist.

Show some compassion for his situation and send a greeting card expressing concern for their well being.Then outline your need to get the project back on track.

In my mind, it's about how you run your own dealings that makes you who you are and you have to define the line between compassion and the ugly end of this business.

For example, Compass Realty in Grand Rapids is an excellent place to work the real estate investment industry--lots of experience and very successful.  

Compassion...forget it, this is business.

Would be happy to meet up with you and share ideas on how we each want to expand and grow in the next few years.I work as a real estate agent full time in Manhattan and am a partner on the second largest rental team in Compass.

Can you find some compassion for this man and maybe contact his family and let them know what's going on?  

"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu is also great, get one with historical commentary as it has some great examples and anecdotes of the principles in action.This may seem like a weird recommendation, but "The Dispossessed" is also great and will change your worldview on compassion and empathy.

But, you need to set your moral compass early on to avoid the bad players.Next, learn the fundamentals of real estate, this is from a formal educational type setting, get a test book that real estate agents study to obtain a license.