(If you ever want to see just how bad humans are at impulse control and thinking long term, just google "Stanford Marshmallow Experiment": https://www.youtube.com/watch?

I want to increase my wealth by making that cash work for me thru real estate, however when I see RE market pricing at the same levels that they were when everyone and their mother was saying that "housing was becoming unaffordable and that there is no way that appreciation is going to continue going uplike it has been (hence the bubble is going to pop)" right before the RE market crashed, it does make me think twice and do my homework before making a move that is going to put me on anxiety meds if I make an impulsive play that puts me in a bad position.

Getting them in a seminar and scamming them out of tens of thousands is likely the most profitable method as it's impulsive and a one-time thing.  

Good thing I'm not impulsive...

The impulsive entrepreneurial me wants to keep it.  

We can tell people to not be impulsive, do there Due Diligence, be smart about it, but just like any "Gold Rush" many just ignore all the steps and work of it and come rushing in.

I have looked at a large number of properties in the area but have not bought again since my initial impulse.

But this is your thread Rich so my hat's off to you for being the number one person on BP in "WanderLust" From Wikipedia, "Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander, or, in modern usage, to travel and to explore the world."

If you care to discuss this further let me know.NickRepetition of Positive Thought is the Key Napoleon Hill had this to say in his classic book “Think and GrowRich:”“…any impulse of thought which is repeatedly passed on to thesubconscious mind is, finally, accepted and acted upon by thesubconscious mind, which proceeds to translate that impulse into itsphysical equivalent, by the most practical procedure available.”

What would you do if you were back at the beginning, with a dream goal, a way to move forward, and barely the wits to stop your kneejerk impulses?