Get your emotions under control, there is no room for sympathy in business.

Establishing emotional boundaries with tenants is important.I am pretty leary of applicants making big plans for my property.

People are so excited to move into their first home but once they realize the neighborhood is not as glamorous as they saw it through their emotional lenses when they first bought it, they set a goal to find a move-up home where they end up living for a longer period of time. 

Don't get emotionally attached.

She decided for the amount of work and emotional heartache it wasn't worth the money.

Emotion can drive a bad deal.

It not only helps save time, money and the boring drive - even though I'd listen to tons of podcasts on the way ;-) - but it also focusses you on the very important phase of analysis and not getting emotionally attached when looking for an investement property.

Any information would be very much appreciated :) Almost all the professional STR investors on BP recommend AGAINST STR arbitrage - some appear to be very emotional about it.While I agree with much, if not most of their points, I believe there could be a profitable business in there.  

But it is not for the stupid, intellectually lazy, the get-rich-quick groupie or those with poor emotional balance.

I have had some friends on the residential side tell me they enjoy that part more as they can relate emotionally to helping families buy their home etc.