Some people you will be more excited to hear from than others but I leave emotion out of the equation.

Are emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals considered service animals under the ADA?

(It doesn't matter if you are renting both sides or "house hacking" as the cool kids on BP call it, and living in one side and renting the other, both are investors in mentality)  In marketing to investors, I removed most of the emotional entanglements that I would address with single family owners.  

You are indeed going to have some roller coaster emotions.

I could tell he was still very emotionally attached to the house so I tried to get to the REAL reason he was selling.He suggested we go to the Four Season's for lunch.

I don't show my emotions and I don't believe that I telegraph my lack of trust, but the taping you suggested will confirm or disprove that belief.

There is no place for emotions in Business.

.-  Don't get emotionally attached to this deal (it sounds like you might be). 

Three were on our target list to evict due to their behavior and one was paying no rent whatsoever (previous owner's daughter) so they were going to have to leave anyway.Increasing rents is a non-emotional issue.

In all things in life, it's usually best to risk only that which you can afford to lose without affecting your financial, mental, physical, emotional, and/or spiritual health.