My biggest mental barrier is knowing what these used to go for (in the 90s!) 

Most mentally exhausting undertaking of my life.

.- Simplify my career responsibilities and spend more time being mentally present with the family.

I'm hoping that the legislature here (with plenty of representatives that are NOT from super-lefty urban areas)  will be willing to consider that the downsides of allowing rent control would outweigh any benefits long term,  and there are other approaches to ease homelessness and housing availability crunch that should be considered instead (encouraging more housing construction, incentivising and underwriting riskier tenant pools instead of forcing landlords to take them; reinvestment in mental health and drug treatment programs and transitional housing, working with employers to site new job centers in underdeveloped/struggling areas, etc.)I'm certain that if the state constitution is amended Seattle will implement some kind of rent control.  

We aren't just starting early and building up the mentality, but we are also in the right path.

Part of me thinks I'm wanting to do this due to being betrayed but the other part of me is that he has a bullying mentality (he's a very large built imposing military man) and I dont think anyone has ever stood up to him and it's time to take a stand. 

This is because cognitive dissonance creates mental discomfort if the outcome of the study yielded a different result.

It sounds like the state of your mental well being needs attention, so doing these things to eliminate burdens should give you a sense of relief to aid in your efforts to move forward, and not feel bogged down.Your investing may need to take a slight back burner right now as having a job that pays you, is paramount. 

I think most here prescribe more to the rich dad poor dad program than the millionaire next door mentality. 

A person can be a  top investor but without attention to health both physical and mental , you will lose in the end, I know this from personal experience .Healthy eating habits ,physical fitness thru challenging workouts or yoga,what ever moves you!