Investing requires patience and mental strength.

They will only want to tell you about the health of your system and not be trying to sell you parts or a whole new system.

Are they in mental decline, hopelessly stupid, or arrogant about their own property to the point of blindness?

Not unless someone files a police report, which we can then use to start health & safety eviction.

Deliberately have a few challenges in your screening process - it will weed out "entitlement mentality" problems4) Allow payment plans, but create system to track when payments due, so they don't keep falling further behind You will need to call them on due dates or they will fall further behind Be prepared to give a strong NO when asked if you will change rent due dates to "make it easier" for tenants to pay rent based upon their SSI or paycheck dates.

At this point the tenant should agree, if not, I would insist so that her health is taken care of  and you don't have to stress any more. 

It's unfortunate we have to be concerned about the long term health of IL.Like the other posters said, if you can get out and not have to take a huge hit on tax implications and closing costs AND be a lot happier about your investments... then pull the trigger.  

Good health...at this stage of our lives nothing else matters !!!

A good way to cut through some of that volatility and get a better picture of the health of the housing market is to look at a 12-month moving average, which shows sales are currently at the fastest pace since 2007 despite recent declines.

It's very important (mentally) to know the difference, because if you think it's a "deal" based on verbal almost-agreements, you will be mind-screwing yourself if you don't get the contract actually signed.