There thinking some clean-up-fairy comes swooping in with a broom, washes the ashes away and then Bob The Builder n all his friends comes hot on the hells, Bing-Bang-Boom all is rebuilt and were singing kumbayas by Christmas.......Reality is it took about 10 years to rebuild post katrina. 

I've been doing D4D with Deal Machine and my own postcard campaigns.  

Now it's an out of control machine with a lot of financial incestuous relationship in the tupperware farm.I like your analogy.

In fact, many, though not all, of these “experts” are washed up and no longer active in the market.

When I was 19 I was washing dishes out of high school in Columbus and then decided to buy a single-family rental.

If its short term lower occupancy go for a smaller machine if it is larger occupancy you want a big machine.

I love the concept especially given the need in your market for storing things like snow machines, boats, rvs etc, but also for repair or general "fab shops".As long as you are seeing the demand in your specific market for these spaces, and perhaps its worth getting some leases signed up prior to breaking ground but thats a personal preference thing, I think the numbers look promising if the use case is there.

I have a well run machine for OOS investors like yourself 

How about a cigarette machine?

Demo is generally done with a machine ( Backhoe Loader ) that sort of thing..