The OTA's love instant book, all in pricing (now mandatory), lower costs/fees, and more relaxed cancellation policies. 

Hi @Mary Witt nice to meet you and yes, it’s actually pretty common for agents to ask owners to step out during showings—it helps potential tenants feel more relaxed and open.

Then relax and enjoy life.Shout out to Drovers Hotel last night at the Ft Worth Stockyards.  

Now its relaxed a bit but everyone got fed up with the moderation or the swarm of people using AI for everything (still see certain people in cough cough* tampa forums doing it consistently).

Between the bread and butter rentals and the flips it keeps us fairly busy most days… typically always something that needs to be attended to… so it isn’t all ‘sunshine and butterflies’… but we get up when we want to, and most days are pretty relaxed.  

I imagine there are other towns nearby with more relaxed laws and should make for a more sound choice.

Reading right before bed can not only be relaxing, but also lets your brain go to work for you while you sleep.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad also helps shift your mindset.Podcasts: BiggerPockets Podcast and Real Estate Rookie are excellent for learning from investors at different stages.Local networking: REI meetups or BiggerPockets meetups are gold for real-world insights and connections.Hands-on learning: Even analyzing deals daily (using calculators here on BP) builds the muscle memory to spot opportunities.I’m a real estate agent in Memphis, TN, and I help a lot of out-of-state investors grow their rental portfolios here.

Once you get your head wrapped around the concept of what you are doing, instead of viewing QuickBooks as the dastardly accounting software program where you need to be an accounting guru, you will become more relaxed.  

I've been risk-averse my entire life (that's why I've been doing the corporate thing for 20+ years) so there's definitely some unlearning and training-new-muscles I have to do, which I think is the gruntwork Dave talks about on the shows.