What Elbert Dockery posted makes sense perfect sense . . . essentially walk in the shoes of the people to whom you wish to sell a property. 

By putting yourself in the shoes of the other person, you can clearly see where they are coming from and that may help you to understand that person better.  

Try to put yourself in your friends' shoes, and it will be easier to understand this type of resentment. 

If I were in your shoes, I would do the following:- set 6 months worth of income aside in a HYSA to save it for a rainy day (this will help shield you if you lose your job, or if something goes horribly awry with your investment properties)- open a Bank on Yourself life insurance policy (this is a specific type of high dividend paying whole life insurance where you can borrow against the cash value in your policy at any time and the money will continue growing as if you never took out a loan.

To my point I was hoping to get suggestions on what people out there would do if they were in my shoes.

The passive income and equity being paid down should score me another unit, but I’m getting anxious to start searching for another one right now, anyone have any tips or pointers that were once in my shoes?

Many investors are in your shoes.

When we got the first investment property I made sure it had some of the things she really wanted, like a yard, close to work, big closet for her shoes and bags, lol.

I hope to be in your shoes soon as well.

Given experience, feel free to share where you would you start if you were in my shoes and if you're willing to have a further conversation to help me get going!