I will not get emotionally attached to a deal or house.

We purchased our first home (which is now a rental) near the top of the market in 2006, and i'm very concerned that the market may be nearing another temporary peak.

They are high risk and not reliable, arrangement such as this are temporary at best.

Getting my license definitely would NOT be the best use of my time as it would be a temporary distraction taking me from what I love most...investing.Thanks SO  MUCH for your advise and book recommendations!

Michael<Both Mark and Jeff have given you some good advise.I would emphasize the out clauses.I have been in partnerships in the early days that ended poorly do to no out clause, these were defiantly ready fire aim deals.I have also been in successful partnerships that ended well because the time was taken to think through and write out as many out scenarios as we could.Usually when a partnership ends the emotions can be running high and if it isn't written the memory tends to be pretty short.

Emotionally, I feel the same way about it. 

Sounds like it was an emotional, not well-thought-out purchase.Taxes would be under $1000/year, but I expect them to rise if permanent structures are built.

One thing you need to be aware of is the ability to control your emotion.  

Hopefully this is just temporary.

In regards to landlords and tenants I would guess that 99% of the time emotional support animals are a scam on the part of tenants wanting a pet in a no pet property.