Embarrassment is a strong emotion for me when I don't have the answer to something I think I should have.

It's especially helpful when dealing with emotional support animal claims. 

It's not emotional. 

WSET: Brookneal family fighting to keep emotional support chickens.https://wset.com/news/local/brookneal-family-fighting-keep-their-emotional-support-chickens-mental-health-autism-adhd-tourettes-legal-battle-violation-misdemeanor-zoning-district-campbell-county-virginia-june-3-2022

If my real world numbers hurt you, then check your emotional investment in your real estate idealogy.

Loyalty to a single manufacturer in todays global economy is emotional rather than practical.Do not purchase the extended warranties on appliances as they do not pay off, they are a upsell scam on the part of retailers.

This may help:https://adata.org/publication/service-animals-book...A service animal is specifically trained to do a task (the one most folks are familiar with are, of course, the seeing eye dogs).A comfort (emotional support) animal does not need to be trained to do anything except provide emotional support to the owner.Keep in mind that neither animal is considered to be a PET; therefore, pet fees cannot be charged. 

Numbers don't lie and emotions will lead you astray.When looking at investment properties, I look for the following benefits:Cash flowTax benefitsAmortizationAppreciation The old saying "icing on the cake", that's appreciation.  

The most important part of being independent and investing is being disciplined and not letting your emotions dictate your investments.

Given a reasonable asset allocation, emotionally stable personality and a decent time horizon, combination of index funds/RE will beat either index funds or RE alone, 9 times out of 10.