I actually purchased my first home before the age of 30 in CA, and invested in several REIT companies (some I worked for previously as VP) including American Homes 4 Rent, Public Storage, and a few others including retail property portfolios. 

I fat fingered my zip code when signing up for BP, and now temporarily stuck with it

Hey, has anyone ever bought or leased a lot in an area close to a freeway or major road to use to rent out for RV and boat storage?  

Fear is generally caused from not-knowing or 1 failed deal....This could include (1) fear of investing in big million-dollar properties, (2) fear of investing out-of-state, (3) fear of investing in other property types (office/self-storage, etc.), etc.  

Usually that area gets commands 700-1000 depending on number of bedrooms/bathrooms and condition of unit and surroundings.what I do to squeeze out more money is to rent out the garage and storage areas.

There is one part of the property market Barrack said he still likes: self-storage facilities, which require little capital investment and don’t show any signs of slowing demand.

I recently added a bedroom to an efficiency (that had a tenant living in it) by taking space from a storage area and punching through with a door once it was finished. 

They fixed it and turned the unit into a storage unit.  

Agree with Frank PatinoI would consider using my investments to pay off bad debt- Plus if the property is building equity from paying down the loan and increasing in value by the time you do retire the account you have now should be a fat little piggy bank.

In the future I would also like to invest in other forms of passively managed income properties, such as storage units.I worked as an analyst doing appraisal at a property tax firm.