So you're beliefs and experience can get in the way either way.From a strategic point find ways to maximize your strengths-professionalism, confidence etc while minimizing your (perceived) weaknesses-inexperience.

Although I'm in Real Estate for the long haul I believe getting my first buy, fix and sell transaction under my belt will do wonders for my belief.

At the time you contacted the owner directly it was your belief that the owner was in contract with the PM.

There is this surprising default belief that you should form an LLC- just because you should. 

Hey @Kevin GodinhoAnyone telling you to go outside of San Diego to reduce the money you need to put down is incredibly misguided and likely lacks a complete understanding of all the variables involved with an investment decision of this nature.Since you will be living in San Diego regardless of where you invest, any out of state/area duplexes would be non-owner occupied and require 25% down, whereas in San Diego you could purchase it as your primary with as little as 3.5% down.So, a $70k duplex purchased out of area would require $17,500 down.

The saying suggests that true knowledge begins with understanding oneself, as self-awareness serves as a foundation for understanding the world and one's place in it.To "know thyself" is to engage in introspection, to examine one's beliefs, values, strengths, weaknesses, and limitations.

But betting on the us dollar which everyone knows loses its value every year or putting my money in stocks that are propped up by the "quanitive easing" i dont think so you cant print money non stop and expect it to hold it's value the value in usd is just a beliefe and beliefs change. 

I don’t lie as part of my own beliefs and would not condone it - however if I was a person lIke that who wanted to avoid such problems of therapy animals..

@Mark Cruse our beliefs remake the world to match what we already believe.

I subscribe to the belief that I always make them say no.