(These are the parts I also stress about whether I am assuming correctly or not)Repairs & maintenance: 5%Vacancy: 6%CapEx: 8% Management Fees: 8%I'm assuming tenant pays for these?

Which is why I stress to all my investor clients that even though you have a property management company, it doesn't mean you can just set it and forget it.

Ive taken the advice of my lender and Ive been stressing about it.

So another lesson learned - no matter the sob story, don't let anyone move in if they claim to be under financial stress - it's no way to start the business relationship.

I also want to stress the fact that if the main goal is to be a real estate investor, she does not need to go to school to do that. 

If you have an obsessive focus on it and give it all of your time and energy, you have a great chance to win.However, if you do it part time, especially in this highly competitive market, it’s a great way to increase your stress, decrease your life happiness index, make less at tour main job, and not make the profits you hope for.

We've all heard of the deals where one partner puts in Cash, and the other partner puts in Sweat Equity, Contractor/Site Management, etc..I'm looking for suggestions on how to assign value to a deal that has an initial non-cash position from one of the partners until escrow closing, then that Non-cash partner will cover 20% of the monthly mortgage on a deal.Property is in Southern CaliforniaSales price - $650,000 Appraised at $700,000New Construction COO 12/01/2020Owner passed away after 7 months in the new home as to why it's $50k under value at agreed sales pricePartner 1 - Sold their home in a not so nice neighborhood and wants to move to a nicer stress free environment. 

Would increasing the leverage cause you additional stress? 

You can certainly manage a certain amount of RE while working without much added stress.

Your mindset is heavily influenced by who you surround yourself with & take advice from.Mostly everyone has heard this before, but I want to stress something that affects all of us at one point or another.This is being discouraged by others when you tell them your vision.