It has been a long mental uphill battle to get here but I now know what I want with my life and how I aim to get there! 

Came to the US with parents and siblings as a little kid and grew up with the work hard mentality instead of work smart.

Any advice for getting past that mental roadblock?

It has been a long mental uphill battle to get here but I now know what I want with my life and how I aim to get there!

The last few years I am trying to build up my investing mentality, while building up my wealth by saving up, cutting expenses, investing in the stock market, building a cash generating photovoltaic, playing with credit cards points and stuff.Now that are cash reserves are good and our son is 3 months old, we decided to stop procrastinating and take action.So recently went to a local meet up, through "meetup" app, which hosted by an investor the last few years.

That is a personal mental hurdle that you must consider and weight in on in preparation.   

These people (in a B+ class SFR) have the ultimate entitlement mentality.

The city council has a strong socialist mentality and is extremely anti-landlord.

I also work hard to keep my income high while my health (mental and physical) allows.

Apparently the co-worker got out of a bad relationship (domestic abuse) and she wants to keep an eye on her mental health.