All things aside  I want to make the best financial decision and not rely on my emotions. 

But I think RE is a more emotional game for most people (even after mastering how to separate your emotions from the deal) So I think that's the big point that was missed.

She couldn't believe how smooth everything went and when we asked her if she pleased with our service she said yes and became emotional I can't believe how easy this was she said.

I wish I had your discipline at 23

@Ali Boone The reason why I like sites like this is because there is no emotional attachment to the person you're speaking to.

You will see they are investing in the strongest markets, have great broker networks / access to deals which is critical in a highly competitive market, can raise significant capital to take advantage of scale, more disciplined / conservative underwriting models, have simple well thought out business plans to increase the properties value, using fixed rate 10yr loans to take advantage of still incredibly low rates historically speaking and use more sophisticated tool sets to help understand how fluctuations in occupancy, rents, etc may impact their models.  

This helps remove emotions and creates a common language for you to understand each other.

I was a fair but tough landlord, but I always had to battle my inner emotions with various situations.

A lot more stressful when you have a vacancy and you still have to make mortgage payments....sometimes it plays on our emotions and doesn't allow us to make good decisions on tenants and other things.Good luck!

(I'm not getting emotional, I just came in late to the bidding process) Basically, while I was getting quotes on repairs, we missed the fact that the auction was closing.