That's not something I had considered previously because I've closely held to the belief that nobody will do as good a job as I will.

Its people like you and  other fellows on BP that give me the belief and zeal to push forward with REI. 

Building the parachute on the way down & self limiting beliefs.

Confirmation bias takes over when the new information processed by the human mind confirms pre-existing beliefs.

I think a lot of people have limiting beliefs in general and are afraid to invest.

I have religiously used the older system and tightened up my estimates thanks to the capabilities that it offered along with knowledge of my market.  

South ShoreThe announcement in February of the redevelopment of downtown Quincy, MA, reinforces my belief that “all healthcare is local” and reinforces the trends towards high quality real estate in local communities.

Renting has traditionally been seen as throwing money away, as many people also see homeownership as a financial investment in their future thanks to the popular belief that property will only ever rise in value, even if the recession of 2008 demonstrated otherwise.The reality is that allowing for inflation, house prices have increased by just 1% during the last century, representing an extremely poor return on investment, and one that has been easily outperformed by the stock markets and direct investment in businesses and hard assets.

@Ziad Ibrahim Since you work overseas, you have the advantage of choosing a market based on it's returns, and not falling into the limiting belief that you have to invest where you live. 

(Take out the way off variables like "political beliefs, crazy cat people, or any other sort of non-conforming oddballs that you meet from time to time in the rental world.)