.- what's the rentability factor and what kind of tenants will it attract?

Hi @Elliot Larkin -- well done on growing your business and organically attracting investors! 

Needless to mention that financing is still very very attractive and banks are still willing to give mortgages to buyers.

That will make the size of the home (and the backyard), the attractiveness of the area, the quality of the schools, etc, more important than the commute time to NYC.  

In many markets, that has become "a security deposit equal to a month's rent" or even just some type of security deposit insurance program - largely to stay competitive, attract tenants, and reduce vacancy. 

If you borrow money to buy a house that's going to produce income to cover those debt payments, the operating costs of owning the asset, and have money to cover capital replacements/reserves, it makes sense to leverage. 

In this case, you could then refi after you have increased the NOI and get all or most of your capital back while having an income-producing storage unit.

That said there are more deals where you can get closer to leaving 10% into the deal instead of 20% which is attractive to some! 

v=TMkx8OZMd_0I'm a bit biased as they used to be a marketing client of mine, but they produce some high value stuff.

Although I’m just beginning my REI journey and now starting to network within this realm, throughout networking for my day job I have found that being sincere, direct and respectful of others time seems to produce the most significant networking interactions.