NO emotions.

Am I being too soft and emotional about this!?

It is very much a struggle for me, worrying about my families finances, and sometimes I feel like it'd be easier to cash out on our equity and only flip houses, and not depend on other people to stick to the lease for us to make ends meet.Do you ever reach a point where you are just comfortable- financially, mentally, emotionally?

. ---- DON'T make it an emotional decision jumping in to the deep end of the pool.

Yes my wife was my biggest supporter emotionally and financially!!

But there is a lot of emotion.

You won't run afoul of Fair Housing and you won't be tempted to 'help' or 'be a good citizen'... not that you aren't helping, but its much less emotional (and easier) to set and stick to your criteria.  

Today has been a bit of a roller coaster of emotion.  

Bring in emotion and you lose a lot of money.

I have heard that accepting partial payments in most states can weaken your eviction case if it comes to that.Would there ever be an instance to accept partial, given you give the tenant a receipt etc, indicating partial payment and balance due?