I took the mentally that once I did the switch that's there no going back and wouldn't stop until I'm where I wanted to see myself in life.best of luck with whatever you choose.

We have all seen what happens when one gets caught-up in the hype.This is purely anecdotal, but I wonder if we could be seeing a return to the reckless investor mentality of the early 2000s...There is a house across from me that became an REO some time ago and sat on the market (I didn't make an offer because that would have been too close for comfort for me in terms of having tenants there).Finally I saw some people moving in there the other day.

Hi all, I am on my way to save $100,000 in 5 years and wanted to know about what the mentality of a successful real estate investor should be.

I'm not sure that the mentality of older, more experienced owners will out perform a new owner who is at least familiar with real estate and the market area.

I feel like I am approaching real estate different from an investor who relies solely on rental cash flow.I am okay giving up some cash flow because I am more interested in mortgage pay-down/tax benefits/appreciation.Am I mentally approaching this wrong?

It's difficult to read the situation because rates are in uncharted territory so it is interesting to see the PE & Hedge funds chasing yields.If rates pop up, congress talks about reinstating mark to market, or any number of things occur things will become interesting again.I am in the camp that we are in a "oddly tight" market right now with all signs of bubble "cant lose" mentality - that being said it could go either way depending on Govt policies and bank/gse behavior.I think Tom Juhn that if it does not feel right, exercise extreme caution.

And there goes the mentality of the true belivers again, blame the President when he didn't protect Americans overseas.....well, let's put the other showe on, the last Republican President couldn't even protect thousands of Americans on our own soil!

Severe mental & emotional problems.

My question is, how does this affect an investors mentality when thinking about rehab/sell?

Instead, they prepare you only to get your first job and impart a general "employee" mentality, a perception that life is really only about a series of escalating job positions and promotions.