I do have a little bit of imposter syndrome answering questions when I have yet to do a deal myself, but I'm right on the cusp!

Be careful of the shiny object syndrome. 

My trouble has often been my short attention span and SOS (shiny object syndrome). 

There are so many asset classes out there and your going to get shiny object syndrome.

When they finally take action, they hit a roadblock (they need to put down more $ than they had originally planned, or they don't actually love the idea of self managing) then they get shiny object syndrome, bouncing around to different strategies until they hit a wall and give up.

Grumpy old man syndrome.

I have always been interested in real estate. I want to use investment properties in order to live a life financially secure, and create a purpose that will get me excited to jump out of bed in the morning.Hopefully w...

Try to really excel at that strategy before getting distracted by the next shiny object syndrome. 

.   :-)As my accountant can attest, it changes by a LOT every year -- I get bored easily and change up what I focus on pretty often (shiny object syndrome, but in a good way, I believe). 

This morning I was reading an article on The Real Deal about a Florida real estate developer (link to article below). But here is what blew my mind when reading this, but I know very smart people who fall for this all...