I believe psychologically that folks felt they may be missing out.8) Referrals - It's a good idea to ask for a referral especially after someone commits.  

It's an active community here, so as long as you use good keywords, you'll get plenty of responses.Since you're new to REI, I understand that it's difficult to beat the psychological difficulty of out-of-state investing.

I posted a question last week pertaining to a technical aspect of virtual/long-distance wholesaling (how to estimate repair costs from afar), but now I have a question that pertains more to, I guess you could say, the psychological aspect of such wholesaling. 

Rod Khlief has one as well geared towards multifamily, focuses on investor psychology a lot.

It's a psychological jump to see your life as limited and horizons as shorter term.

I'm all about psychological victories when it comes to money. 

Use the S&P 500 right now, even though indexes are dynamic and change over time, the Dow is departing from its historical operations so it has lost some forecasting ability-but it still has the psychological aspect of that's what people hear and talk about most of the time.I've noticed that about a year ago, most of what I read predicted a low of around 600 for the S&P 500 (only -15% more from here!).

The main ones I have came across came straight from the Dan Kennedy school of marketing.They utilize ALL psychological hot buttons and any maneuvers (including scarcity mentioned above) they can to call you to action.

It's easy to get psychologically caught up in the deal-making process (which is a particular psychological bias that males have) and think that you have to make a deal soon!!!

Let's drill down deeper into the topic of the forum thread, the psychology of how and why you do what you do.