But, in all honesty, I haven't really spent too much time with management companies, so I couldn't elaborate on the particulars there.

It's real estate and honesty and accountability take a back seat to the business.

I want to build a reputation of honesty, integrity, and that I do what I say because in the end, that will benefit all parties involved.

To be honest i am not sure where to start the journey so I thought it would be best to  rent out my spare bedrooms.

Exaggerating your numbers might seem tempting because lots of TK advertisers do this but in the long run honesty is the best policy.  

The unit 1 tenant swears that she didn't do it, and to be honest I tend to believe her because she's proven to be far more responsible than the unit 2 tenant when it comes to paying her rent on time (albeit that's fairly circumstantial).

Because in all honesty I’m just about ready to get out of this job since I only got the job to get out of debt, now that I have, I realized that maybe if I hold on a little longer I can use it to my advantage and use it to start investing.

To be honest, I don't even know how to take BART or Caltrain.

Honesty is the best policy. 

I have read the linked article, several times, and to be perfectly honest, I can't understand the point.