I have had to change my thinking from "the race mentality", to this is a marathon.

If we say it’ll take a year - it will take a year because mentally we haven’t fully engaged the process yet.

Renting leads to filing your homes with renters, with renter's mentalities.

@Brandon IngegneriMoral and Ethics trump Greed for Money.There are a lot of things Investors do that come back to haunt them and I feel it's better to take less of a profit than to forever live with decisions that can affect your mental health and conscience.Another way you could have done it is set up a GoFundMe site for him, and just donate a substantial amount first.

Writing things down may help you work through the mental block.

I assume you are using a mortgage to buy the property, otherwise if you buy a $100,000 property with cash and do not make money from renting it you need mental help.

I wouldn't suggest auction as a strategy with this mentality...

If most people just throw the envelope out they never see the postcard, at least this way they see it and take a quick mental note before they throw it (and it may stick in their brain for later).

Once I was finally mentally ready to pull the trigger my obstacle was #3.  

First off, you have to get rid of the "I want to do this, but" mentality.