It's kind of a basic principle of the free market, inferior products at higher prices will naturally be weeded out by the market.

So if one were to post closer to actual numbers, then their properties would seem an inferior product compared to their competitors and they'd likely lose market share.  

The only advantage I can see to individual sheds as opposed to self storage steel and masonry buildings is that you can scale slowly, by buying new sheds only as you need them.In every other way, cheap wooden sheds are going to be inferior to a storage building, and that will probably be reflected in the rent you can charge.

.), but in general, you're just going to find inferior numbers/ratios to what other areas offer.

However, because I plan to retire and live off passive income within the next 5 years (age 33), I don't like the idea of money sitting in retirement accounts gaining returns that are inferior to what I could get if invested in buy and hold real estate while not being accessible until ~ age 60.

I find that many people assume a) seller financing loans are inferior, and b) that sellers don't really want to do them unless there are no other options....and then when they put those two things together, that means "refinance out to a bank loan as quickly as possible."

If necessary, I'd consider a mortgage instead of a HELOC, but that would be an inferior option. 

I had one property that was 100% in a better area than another one of my properties (two listed at same time, both mine, so no owner-bias), and the inferior neighborhood had a better star rating. 

Purchase price: $110,000 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $200,000 Property misclassified in an inferior school district.

The old roof makes it ineligible for FHA financing and the 1 bath makes it inferior in the eyes of most home buyer.