i think there is a technical (psychology) term for this, but would never remember it. basically it says that factory workers need to be noticed, start doing a good job, then it dips back down. anyway, great work, @Vicki K.

Does the psychological aspect of having a wonderfully lit kitchen and bathroom influence the bank's appraiser when that time comes to see how much the duplex has appreciated?

I am currently enrolled in college full time and am pursuing my degree in psychology.

I feel that sales is 99% psychology with definite steps that can be learned and followed.

Writing in prices is another technique to overcome psychological barriers of the big prices.6) request credit line increases on day 1 to boost our seed capital (which later felt like it was merely a way of enabling the students to buy the courses if they didn't have the money. 7) One of the aides told me that he was learning to be the course facilitator, but wasn't ready yet until he had it just right.

This is obviously becoming more of a psychological issue than an economic one.

If that is the case a better screening process might be needed, rather than a reverse psychology rental ploy :).

I'm 23, recently graduated from Miami University in Oxford, OH with degrees in Psychology and Systems Analysis, and currently work as a technology integration consultant for one of the Big 4.

I think you may even get a nice psychological satisfaction from the improvements you are making to the properties.

And I believe it is MikeOH who made the point that these more complicated methods make it psychologically easier for a person to rationalize a property that is a loser -- and as we've seen here and in countless other threads, that is one thing we don't need!