I've thought about the same ideas you pose in your question - some fantastic BP Podcast Episodes that relate are:#9 - Using Hard Money Lenders to Grow Your Business with Ann Bellamy - this one could be interesting for you because you could be the money side of a deal#28 - Note Investing and Raising Private Money with Dave Van Horn - If you sold a business at 19, you must be money savvy so check out note investing#138 - Self Storage, Systems, and SEO with Michael Rogers - Self Storage can provide very attractive potential depending on your geographic region...something I'm looking into myselfIf you find decision making & behavioral psychology interesting, some books I highly recommend are:The Power of Habit - Charles DuhiggInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert CialdiniLogic of Failure - Dietrich DörnerLet me know how things go and good luckMike

@Kaylee WalterbachAlthough I'm currently not in the position to say what has contributed to my individual growth, I have sat down with many real estate investors and entrepreneurs who have said it comes down to the connections you make.Tim Bratz, a multi-family investor with over 4,000 doors, told me that getting in the right circles with ambitious movers will completely alter your psychology for the better.I would absolutely check him out because he's helping thousands of investors across the country scale their portfolios.

A lot of success and failure hinges on psychology just as much as acumen and skill.  

Consumer psychology 101. 

Some of this is a psychological argument, too - I'm not someone that can put a bunch of money in an index fund or stocks that are fully liquid and keep myself from messing around with it when I shouldn't.

The hardest part of getting started for me was getting over the psychological aspect/fear and crossing the starting line. 

I think I any investor has an emotional and psychological component to his or her practice that is fundamental.

Humans are psychologically wired to feel insecure without more, it doesn't matter what level of wealth we're at.

It's sad but it's human nature - read a few books on human evolution and psychology.

I think everyone agrees you don't want to be psychologically trapped in a life with no internal value.