Getting started in real estate is an emotional roller coaster ride that folks don't really talk about.  

Now I regret being too emotional and naïve. 

How often are the sellers very emotional and hard to deal with?

I am busy raising my kids, working, and dealing with the financial, legal, and emotional aftermath of my husband's death.

Run different best case and worst case scenarios and make the decision based on math and not emotions.

It part of personal emotional control and understanding your limits.If you start on the path and hit road block, dont quite.

You're already in a really big pond there in Texas; carve yourself a niche and get disciplined on learning. 

This was not going to be a logical buy but an emotional one.

It’s honestly just a matter of discipline for me.

For some reason so many of the posters arguing for cash flow in SoCal post nothing but emotions or defensive arguments but never actually offer numbers or any other foundation to what they are claiming.