My gut told me that I was training them to negotiate if I acquiesced, and many of you confirmed that for me. 

It is in a great community with great schools, great property values and good rents.

So basically I still have my training wheels on.

The quality of the sub-market....crime, schools, access to public transit, etc.

., returning to school or one working on an advanced degree). 

Tenants are trained by their landlords.

So finding investments that are near public transportation, especially near specific train lines(i.e.

(well there are amny.. but go with me on this).Those that immediately throw their hands upo in dispair when stuck and ask for help, and those that will simply NOT ask for help and they will figure it out even if it cost them their lives.I am the latter, good or bad, I have now trained my mind my entire life there is nothing I can't handle and this has made me extremely successful in REI, and my personal life.You don't just NOT need a mentor, you SHOULDN'T get one.It is really pretty damn simple.

Is there in-person training and online training available?

I rented an apartment right out of high school in San Jose  ( prior to buying my first home the next year) and the tenant below smoked his doobie every night after dinner out on the porch and it waffed up to our apartment.. this was 1975..