No way to prevent it all the time and why bother stressing over trying to prevent it?

Stress to them that email is preferred and the best way to get in touch with you, and that phone calls are for emergencies only.

I'm glad to be in a place where people take themselves seriously; but in this often stressful industry, I believe we all need a good laugh. 

low stress passive income Lessons learned?

seems the assumed returns on syndicated deals could get crushed.you are correct to worry about this. that is why you need to look at sponsor assumptions and see if they stress test their projections. most will publish a 3 part scenario (good economy, stagnant economy, poor economy) and some will have a whole range of projections (sometimes you have to ask). and yes, if interest rates rise a ton, some deals will get crushed, that is why part of your due diligence is to study the terms of the loans and see if you are comfortable with them.

LOTS AND LOTS of mal investments have occurred the last few years , within many sectors, all due to the super cheap money available, especially by institutional investors.So a worth while deal today will have to pass a stress test of higher cap rates at resell, slightly higher vacancies, and cost of credit rising, and better yet it being something that you can add value to, which will insulate against the future conditions

I do not want to stress and work my life away 9-5, 365. 

Napoleon Hill stresses the importance of a mastermind group in his book Think & Grow Rich [ https://amzn.to/2zII8SQ  ] He defines a mastermind group as: “The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.”I lead a mastermind group focused on investors who have a successful W2 job.

For now I will say wow was it stressful, right up to receiving the wrong set of keys at closing.

Then I ask, "Would you say that our lifestyle with regards to more time with family and more leisure time and having less money stress has increased or decreased?"