I know every economic belief of lower rates= higher asset prices.

Contrary to popular belief, some of the management companies do bring large rental numbers.

It is my belief further regulations are likely.  

The dynamic gradually went from me needing them and vetting me for their program to aggressive now or never ultimatums, challenging/criticizing my commitment and morals, and using religious appeals and made up personal stories to try and get me to see the parallel and cave/sign/pay.

It takes a lot of self-belief and motivation to do this alone.

You can easily learn to do this if you listen to podcasts, build a solid team, and you really do have to religiously do your searches for properties every day or at night after work.

When there isn’t much of a message, the fallback is traditional values or leveraging a religious angle. 4.

And that either takes time (tons of time) or money (can cut the time or just hire labor and advertising to start the business engine), neither of which you're likely to put into this without a strong belief that it will pay off. 2.

Contrary to popular belief, the customer is not always right. 

She was very afraid of moving to this neighborhood because there was a strong belief among Americans and Russian-speaking immigrants that this neighborhood was criminal, full of murderers, drug dealers, and thieves.