I used to work very hard to break people out of that moronic mentality.

As for people having fear of speaking, that's just crazy (oh saying that I could be sued for hate speech against people that might possibly read this and have mental illness- and yes I know mental illness is a very serious disease and have great compassion for those that have it) Please people, don't give into that type of fear.

Even after spending a long time researching and reading beforehand, it can still be a shock when you start showing the rental and discover what type of people and mentality you're dealing with.

Hmmm I think I got bit by the "Preview" then forget to "Post" mental-disconnect again.

Sarah, My first suggestion is to change your mental attitude about lease options.

This guy is 31, is on full disability and had a 'mental breakdown' 2 years ago according to his mom (contacted her from the background check I ran on him.)

actually Ryan, I'm speaking from past experience and as a result i've been concrntrating more on my musical endeavors which, even though they're not lucrative yet, it's a lot more enjoyable and fun than real estate...I don't miss talking to apathetic buyers and unmotivated sellers..i'll leave that for the masochists, it's not worth making money at the expense of my mental health..lol

Oh Great.. as their rentals don't cashflow after maintenance...See, when you get good at becoming a dealmaker then a new deal is around the corner...You get rid of the scarcity mentality and don't latch on to each deal as if its your last...And then after awhile you graduate to creating a business around your dealmaking strategies...And that produces cash...then you cherry pick deals to keep in your personal portfolio...The object being to get a some free and clear assets...

If I had blindly adopted the tough guy eviction mentality I would have missed out on all those years of hassle free tenants and zero vacancy.

This gives them the mentality that "oh im not paying for it, ill leave the AC at 62 for 4 of the hottest months of the summer."