Exclaiming your goals to the public is really a great way of psychologically committing to them so kudos. 

If you are paying a property manager what difference does it make other than psychologically if a property is a 3 hour flight or a 4 hour drive?

Mental health refers to our cognitive, emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing.

Hello, I am Joe and a new investor, an Army Veteran, and I am also a PhD (ABD) in Psychology.

Just the psychology of inherited tenants - they feel like it's their apartment, not yours as a new owner. 

They were pushing every emotional and psychological button in the book.

It's a nice psychological edge and brings great peace of mind. 

Perhaps it's an issue for my counselor, not BP, but I saw there was a section titled investor psychology, so here goes.  

There is one way we have been able to do this though.With a ranking 1 website, we get leads in on automatic and on demand.HOWEVER that said it is not magic.You don't flip a switch and the leads come pouring in.We use analytical psychological strategies to get our traffic obsessed with filling in the forms.I am not sure what "programs" you are talking about, but unless these so called automated programs teach you how to become trustwothy and capable, I wouldn't dare touching it.

Pay the student loans off as quickly as possible, then invest.The latter scenario will produce a greater return, not to mention the psychological/emotional value of being free from debt.Secondly, consider finding a new mentor.