I do have a friend who when I met him he was just a poor aspiring musician in the heart of Minneapolis.

It doesn't detect water, just temperature changes from evaporation, overnight cooling, cold water in a warm room, etc.

Any lawyers willing to do this out of the kindness of their heart?

This is a good business, but it's not for the faint of heart.

I'm a country boy at heart.

If you bend here and rent to the brother because you have a heart for veterans/cops and the next time you rent you have a similar situation but you do not rent to them because they are "fill in the blank" but they also happen to be a protected class tenant you have opened yourself up to a lawsuit.Set your criteria for accepting a tenant and do not move from it no matter how you feel.

This is good general advice, market scares tend to test our heart more than our brain where we actually measure that risk.

She started to cry and plead with us that she's had her heart set on getting a puppy and has given it much thought, is going through an emotional time right now, would gladly pay extra rent or extra security deposit, would keep the dog in the garage and yard only if we wouldn't allow it in the house, is distraught because she and her husband (married just last May) decided not to expand their family at this time (she has a young daughter from a previous marriage), this was a disappointment and she needs the puppy for emotional support.

I have a problem pulling the trigger most of the time, so I am slowly warming up to RE investing.I am currently in the process of renting out an apartment in Hoboken for a relative, so I'm going through the motions of finding tenants, showing the place, getting applications, evaluating applicants, and so forth.

This is a business sure but you still need to have a heart at the end of the day.