I self manage.  

I am going to assume you do not live in the property area to where you can go and do it your self! 

If you are purchasing an investment property, and intend on using for investment purposes only, not personal use, it might be possible for you to rollover the TSP to a Self-Directed IRA and purchase the investment property through this type of structure.

Hearing from all of you with experience makes me feel more confident that this is the right way for me to go.Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! 

I'm genuinely asking to understand the use case for my self for an individual investor.Re. balance, as someone who is a former CPA and has prepared financial statements for multi-billion $ funds, I understand the important of a balance sheet.

Self Storage. 

If you're going to self-manage you should definitely pick market(s) that you are familiar with.

I've been having this conversation lately with a lot of the owners I work with as well as those who self-manage.

Responding to a question about Political impacts and Self-Storage in a discussion.From a political standpoint, don't see a change in the stock market.

If you only look for the input you want, you won't get the feedback you need.Self-awareness and self-analysis is a crucial part of investing.