But we have a need to address not only physical needs, but psychological needs as well.

I don't like thinner planks because of psychological reasons (they don't look tough enough), but what you describe they are more faithful to the floor ungenerous and hold better, I might have to go with them.

They're a very important part of your team.The biggest hurdle people have with out-of-state investing is simply psychological.  

His degree was in political economy so there was probably something with that psychology as well.

They found in their studies that people on average psychologically value their commute time at only 25% of their hourly wage, and use this percentage as well as known transportation times as part of their model for setting ticket prices for mass transit and choosing which areas would use the transit based on the incomes of people who live in those areas and how many people live in that area.  

Its like saying "Well I am invested in Russian stocks, but ya know the USA bond market shows this, and psychology states blah blah" Not useful.The person flipping houses in Hawaii, buying timberland in Oregon, or buying rentals in the Bay Area doesn't care if the long term trend in Detroit was 0% or the entire USA was 3.5%.

Though, at the same time, I realize there are some things I can do that will not have an actual effect on value but could have an effect on the buyer psychologically so that they are more willing to pay closer to asking price.

It's sort of a psychological thing like making 3 simultaneous offers has an effect on a seller.

Insurance will always be your first line of defence regardless of whether you have a LLC or not.Stats show about 50% of real estate investors use a LLC and to this date none on BP have posted actually having first hand experience in using the LLC as protection against a suite.A LLC is more of a psychological protection and will make it more difficult to invest in the future. 

For me, my psychological issues/thoughts about not having enough money were more difficult to get past than actually the financial position I was in.Mywife was at a miserable corporate sales job so sheleft thesalesjob to focus on her photography business that unfortunately has yet to make a profit.