I have rented a 3 bed house in Texas and I call it my $1100 storage unit since I'm never there... 

After looking at some info on cash out refinancing, I am now considering this as it would be a strong rental in a great area.My situation:This would be my 3rd  buy and hold...1 rental, 1 rv storage yard and this property.I have used a heloc for the 20% on each property but now if I hold this one traditionally my cash would not be enough to do another deal.I have flipped 1 house earlier this year with the intention of doing a few more to draw the heloc down to nothing by end of next year.If I do a cash out on this one I may not be able to pull all of my initial 20%/rehab out, but would be covering the notes/expenses and cash flowing some each month with a long term asset.

Interested to see if there are any local self-storage investors here?

garages, basement storage?

I have a new(ish) commercial loan on a mini storage facility.

JeffListing Price:$159,000 INCOMERental Income$1,748 $.85/sqft.Garage$0 Laundry$0 Storage$0 Misc$0 Total Monthly Income$1,748 EXPENSESTaxes, Property$350 Insurance$100 UtilitiesElectric$0 Water$100 Sewer$50 Gas$0 Garbage$0 HOA$0 Lawn/Snow$0 Vacancy$100 Repairs$100 "Capital Expenditures (i.e. new roof)"$150 Property Mgr $0 Mortgage $705 Total Monthly Expenses $1,655 CASH FLOWIncome $1,748 Expenses ($1,655)Total Monthly Cashflow $93 CASH-ON-CASH ROIDown Payment $15,900 10%Closing Costs $5,000 Rehab Budget$5,000 Misc, Other  $0 Total Investment $25,900 Annual Cashflow $1,111 Cash to Start: $25,900 Cash-on-Cash ROI 4.29%

This is what storage pods are for -- an expense you might offer to pay.

It is because of office leasing that I have opted to own multi-family...and down the road mobile home and self-storage.

@Christopher PhillipsThanks Christopher for your comments.Yes there is some fat in the deal.

Then, the second bathroom is being used as a laundry room with the shower as storage.. besides me lol.