Don’t deviate and become emotional.

I was constantly switching from the CFP® hat to the investor hat and was losing focus of the numbers and getting too sucked into the emotion of it.

You can not make business decisions if you can not detach from emotions.

FYI, if you say no to pets, those pets magically become an Emotional Support Animal and you'll basically have to accept them anyway, just with less rent and lower security deposit.The above summarizes the next 25 posts.

I’m sure the simple answer is to carve out time and be disciplined and with intention.

If rent is $2,000, your mortgage is $3,500, and your net is $1,500, that's a $500 increase in take home to you if you have the discipline to live as though you are paying $2,000.

I toured the property with my agent the first day it came on the MLS and there were three other groups waiting outside to tour the property as well.Making the OfferThe importance of not making an emotional offer came into play as I was getting ready to make a $120K (even though ARV was estimated at $150K+ and rehab about $25K) offer based on the attention I saw the house was getting.

This involves a lot of emotion and a little financial savvy. 

The sentimental factor and emotion are important to consider.

This isn't personal, there shouldn't be emotions, you need to figure out if this would work.