There are countless threads on here about what to do to screen a property manager, etc. 

In my experience, and my daughter's experience, and countless others, we were royally ripped off.  

Because my personal experience, and that of my daughter, and countless others you'll talk to - were all royally ripped off with all those fees.  

If you invested here, you'd be stuck for over a decade before you even had an opportunity to break even.You've also, by the context of this post, trashed the core investment strategies of Blackstone, NRZ, Fundrise and countless other REITs who undoubtedly would run circles around 95% of the members on this forum. 

I may seem a little in the dark to be a landlord because I should not be one limke the countless millionaires on this website,  but I  need some way to make money to live.

Brandon and his wife share their experiences dealing with tenants throughout their career and helped me gain a ton of knowledge that would have taken years, added stress and countless dollars to attain.

I have read countless books and listened to a lot of audio on the subject of Real Estate investing but now is the time to finally act!

Please, do you have advice on how to "not care" about emotional baggage in this game? 

Exactly what Colleen, Marcus, Corby and countless others said.

Additionally, I have heard countless stories of people renting to their friends and their friendship ends a few months after they move in.