Due to the psychology behind trading and the easy in and out of the markets people tend to make great errors and panic in times of turmoil.

Second, listing net worth does give me a sense of accomplishment each month (like getting an investment statement in the mail when your portfolio has increased).Some other benefits are completely psychological..

I am a single parent of two young children, mixed Filipino, Japanese and Spanish, 7th child of 7 siblings that grew up in Northern California, with degrees in Fashion Design and Psychology, 17 years of experience in Intellectual Property law, and owner of a California corporation.

In the past areas had exploded with no reason other than the psychology that we have to buy or....I buy in areas that I know are building up for industry and economic areas.

Some may think  of it as self esteem or confidence, psychology of salesmanship demands it, can't be a real introvert and convince others of something.So, what motivates the guru?

I think the trend will swing back from renting and group psychology about "rising real estate values" will kick in just as it did 10-15 years ago.Yes I think we should keep buying to get more pieces on the board (boats in the water to rise), but completely disregard any potential appreciation both in terms of our return calculations and psychologically (in other words, don't get caught up in the coming "real estate boom" psychology and buy marginal properties or cash flow negative properties expecting appreciation).That may mean doing fewer deals but it's a price I'm personally willing to pay.There are also some broader economic issues which could throw in some systemic risk and gum up the works, such as Russia-Ukraine, the Chinese economy, the European economy (and some of its weaker members like Greece), etc.So in my mind I think there are three possible scenarios: 1) 1/3 likely to have steady good growth in RE values (scenario of U.S. economy continuing to do reasonably well but little/tepid real wage growth), 2) 1/3 likely to have another boom (scenario of U.S. economy doing very well and finally having real wage growth for the first time in a long time), and 3) 1/3 likely to have the train get derailed by external factors such as the world economy, some kind of war, etc.In all of those scenarios it seems to me that good, cash flowing properties will be good to have.

G) Other - Managing the psychological rollercoaster of people and junk mail.3) What is one issue stopping you from taking on more properties other than finances?  

First Tai Lopez opened my eyes to reading so i learned to power read and started reading a book a week on investing, finance, great people, psychology.

Psychologically I couldn't go there, but I don't think it will be the end of the world for you.  

I am careful to gauge the 'psychology' of the applicant.