Vent away ~ I will admit I got a bit burnt out just reading that ... and IMO if you keep up with going through those extents to get a client you will indeed get burnt out!

IMO there is nothing wrong with keeping your standards HIGH and attracting the clients who are a pleasure to serve ~ to be honest those of us who have managed to stay in this business long term have done so because we learned early on that it is better to take a hit in pay for the short term and WAIT for the perfect client than to deal with the mental stress and emotional heart ache of taking on a client who is not WORTHY of your service and kind heart cause it never ends well you either end up getting screwed over financially in the long run OR you end up with a client who you have to terminate cause they are just too much!

The challenge with this industry is that we naturally tend to be 'nurturers' who get into this field cause you need that ability to be willing to 'serve others' in order to thrive in this .... we tend to be people who get some level of internal joy in doing nice things for others aside from just the $$$ .... the trick is to find the balance to being able to fulfill that 'need' to want to do nice things for others and wearing your business hat to make sure that WE, aka the business, comes first in every decision we make!

There were some red flags with this client ~ next time hold out for someone whose got their act together and has actually MADE the move before committing to them