You don't have to be a professional architect or designer, but you'll have an incredible advantage if you know at least the basics, and it'll give you the ability to recognize potential where others can't.

You can also trust, that when those forms are changed or updated, as they are every few years, you will always have the most current lease agreement.When you work with a local attorney, they will gladly provide you with all of the forms you’ll need for no extra cost, ie. 5 day Notice, Security Deposit Disposition, Addendums, etc.Knowing you have an ironclad legal agreement based on current law, industry standard, that a local judge will recognize and understand, puts you ahead of the game. 

They help us recognize a product we like, or one we do not.They set expectations: will the coffee be strong enough, will the hotel room be comfortable, clean and have good room service?

I recognize that there may be legitimate unseen issues that need a price reduction.  

Donut shop is usually a specific immigrant's family business tradition, that's why it's so niche and hard to enter, similar to Milk Tea shop or Taqueria.But I'm wondering rather than investing in endless multifamily syndication, why I can't just invest to a milk tea shop in front of my home LOL maybe in the future there would be more opportunities to have this gap to be recognized.

He is also very logical but again fails to recognize the difference between a currency user and a currency issuer.

In time you'll recognize which places need more or less reserves.

In my example above, if I gave a hefty down payment on a deal and was sold on a contract with contingencies that out weighed the equitable interest that should have been recognized, couple that together with my having means or some relative having means, you can find trouble using the wrong or inappropriate contract.

Congratulations for recognizing the importance of that!

Also I would have to add that if debt is not your thing, then well done for sticking by your guns at this point and recognizing that in yourself.