Sister may need to thicken her skin a bit if she wants to live in the city.

well you cant learn to ride the bike without skinning some knees..your talking about rehab construction and contractors.. any and I mean anyone doing any volume has had contractors / vendors take advantage of them or flat out steal.. bottom line.. and were it gets even more risky is those with no experience trying to do it from 1000 miles away.. they are not snowflakes by your definition they have just bought into the hype of what is soup de jour .. can it work out OK sure it does all the time can it be a dumpster fire SURE happens all the time.

In the other the neighbor had a chain-link but was a total slob and I didn't want anyone to see his mess, so up went a privacy fence. 

Bottom line though syndication is soup de jour right now especially in the MF space.. will be interesting to see how it all settles out over the next decade..

please have your buyers go buy and see what they think.Escalator clauses are soup de Jour out our way I had not idea they were not used in that market. and had to explain what they were  

Imagine being the server of a table who is counting on tips to make a living, and you see several folks at your table brought in their own food and the other guys order soup and a water. 

The money was so up and down I decided I needed something else as well.

By the way, Chicken soup is the remedy I use.

Also, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People...

As many of the posters above mentioned, if it's just discouraging, work on thickening your skin and do your best to find positive support outside your family.