You’ll want to make sure the rental income comfortably covers the new mortgage, taxes, insurance, and any maintenance costs.

Covers all aspects of marketing self storage.  

Umbrella insurance is crazy cheap for the benefit, and it already requires you max out your liability on your other covered items.

Ensure the STR’s projected income comfortably covers new debt, even with conservative occupancy rates, and maintain reserves for market changes or vacancies.

What service or value are we providing that it covers?

If you do, figure how many of these things you’d really fix, what that would cost, and how much of that you’re willing to cover.

Mainly I’m trying to avoid “aged poorly design” glassblock walls, small bedrooms, older windows (wood/aluminum, single pane), aluminum patio covers, and to a lesser extent landscaping.

Possibly as an incentive you cover anything over a certain amount to give peace of mind to the renters.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

We keep in touch and she has been helpful in connecting me with a contractor and subs.Michelle Saroni (520) 403-3379 Hi Melissa, I'm in the process of covering detached garage to an ADU, curious, how's it coming along?