I'll be graduating this December with Psychology B.A. and Cognitive Science minor.Real estate has been an increasingly itchy bug I've discovered in the back of my mind ever since going to college.  

He's an accountant in Bloomington MN and I teach cognitive disabilities at the middle school in Hudson WI.

In a way, it's not the wholesaler's fault you didn't know what you were doing and lost money.A big problem with new investors is having "Dunning-Kruger Effect" which they have a cognitive bias in which people of low ability have an illusionary belief that they know more than they really do.  

Oddly enough, I feel a lot better going to bed at 6am and getting up at 10am, than I do going to bed at 10pm and getting up at 6am.  4 hours shouldn't be better than 8 (you'll have to consult with someone smarter than me in cognitive psychology for the answer to that piece), but ultimately, what matters is still... how much gets accomplished.My recommendation is to never blindly follow a hard-fast rule (like "you have to get up early to be successful"), and instead have some fun and experiment!

I thought I knew what I was doing but I had "Dunning Kruger Effect" which is a cognitive bias that people think they have a higher skill set then they really do. 

I include a number of gifts with their move-in packet that make the rental agreement "come to life" and more readily understood.If I'm aware the tenant may not read (literacy issue) or understand the English language well (limited English proficiency) or has a cognitive issues, then I take extra time and seek extra support as needed to achieve our goal.Our rental agreement is printed in a type and font that can be easily read.

Maybe it took me awhile to start feeling this way but looking back at when I thought about things any other way I was really just fooling myself about the realities of this job.Jim...has anyone in your recent memory explained to you that this is the textbook definition of the cognitive distortion typically called binary thinking?

The first week was great- expect when we realized that our neighbors behind us we on vacation and had returned. the family is a bunch of screamers, the mother, father and the 4 or so children. the parents often allow the children to hang out in the back yard for hours and hours and all they do is scream- (high pitch psychotic screaming). they have barely no backyard- is consists of a squeezed in lap pool, a full concrete yard and tall glass sliding doors. these were all approved by the arb and now they only accelerate the volume of noise they create. their screams bounce off of their concrete and house and project into our yard and THROUGH our windows and into our house.we asked them to talk and expressed how much the volume travels into our home- but the father was very rude, told be to f off and the mother said there is nothing she can do to stop it.the worse part is- my fiance has a panic anxiety condition and he just recently reached out and is seeking professional help with a certified psychiatrist and is also now enrolled in a cognitive behavioral program. we did not know he was suffering from panic attacks all these years- i honestly thought he was bipolar or mentally sick. with new hope that he may be able to learn to control his anxiety attacks this new issue with the neighbors has only made this situation worse. we purposely stay away from large crowds or loud events because it makes him have an episode and he becomes very ill. even now i am still trying understand it-i need to help him and decided that i need to stay by his side.i spoke with the property manager and she suggested submitting plans to the ARB for putting up a 5' x 6' fountain and to contact local authorities and file noise complaints. the issue is that my fiance is only getting worse (he has been out of a job for 6 years and i finally had hope he might get better and start working again)- a fountain wont stop the screaming noise we hear every single day. local authorities said to document noise and record- i have.now i am at the point that my fiance has lost 10 pounds in one week, he is constantly having attacks and if something doesn't stop the noise he will only get worse.what are my options?

My cognitive bias (white, north side) brain seems to think I hear about a lot of shootings that happen at parks when a lot of people gather on weekends in the summer.

I have these potential applicants who are very old, and managed by some assisted living program. 4 old ladies, cognitively impaired, disabled, from what I can infer.The assisted living supervisor came to see my rental, and told me that rent would be paid directly from their social security, from the gov't straight to me. 4 individual payments from each of the 4 ladies' accounts.Normally, I don't like to mess with anything involving the government.