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Is Personality Type holding me back?
Does anyone else here have issues with their personality type holding them back from being a successful RE investor? I am really struggling here and would appreciate any insight.
According to Myers-Briggs, I am an INFP; introvert, intuitive, feeler, perceiver. Basically, I am an introverted feeler; idealist, dreamer, highly-sensitive and naturally unorganized. I am not comfortable talking on the phone or "networking" although I force myself at times to do these things and end up mentally and emotionally exhausted. Per the obvious, I have a hard time with the general activities required to be a "successful" REI.
For the last year and a half, I have begun building a "BRRRR-strategy" portfolio and now have 4 SFRs in various stages of BRRRR. I want to build at a faster rate; market for deals, find private money, flip a few houses, possibly bring on partners(which scares the crap out of me). I have large goals and a "Rich Dad" mindset but I can't seem to overcome my tendencies toward doing everything on my own to avoid dealing with people, disorganization, phone-phobia, talking-to-someone-I-don't-know-phobia and this nagging feeling of "not doing enough". This internal conflict has reached the point of action paralysis. People are wondering why I haven't returned their calls, my contractors are hungry for more projects, two of my tenants probably need to be evicted and I cannot bring myself to attend a REIA group in this state of mind.
I see that these "fears" or personality traits or whatever it is is getting in the way of what I need to do as an investor to "escape the rat-race" and live financially free. I am writing this to ask for help or an "I've been there before and here's what I did to get past it" response. Thank you all for your help!