-It is 40 yrs old-Aluminum wiring-No central air/no heat-Evidence of water damage around most windows, and kitchen flooring-I don't remember there being a hot water heater-Last owners replaced some windows and did a shoddy job-No car port/no storage shed-The cabinets in the kitchen appear to be home made with plywood and white paint-Soft wallsBUT mostly.. it's a 2/1 and they just don't move like the 3 bedrooms.As far as why did I settle for only 4k?

Neither will shed enough light on how to purchase or build a facility, but they both made me realIze self storage is very different than other asset classes.

Which explains why commercial businesses trade on the basis of their NOI and little else, NOI and a market based cap rate.The homes are bought at the same time as the park, personal property of lawn mowers, sheds, tools, office equipment etc, the whole works.  

Can any experienced Biggerpocket users shed some light?

Even though they "feel" kind of "scammy", it could just be a communication thing, and I can't really figure out what the "scam" would even be really, as I have never played the scenario out with one of these people.I am curious if anyone else in the LA Area- or any MTR area I guess- has similar experiences with these sorts of inquiries, which have been popping up lately- and if anyone knows about them/can shed some light on their legitimacy/nonlegitimacy.Any info appreciated- my vacancy right now is killing me on this property--and it was solid for a year, now vacant like 3 months.

Hopefully you can shed some more light on how it went down.

I found a boat storage property that has a house, a nice metal workshop and 50+ boat storage sheds.

Check out my answer to this persons post it'll shed light on how you can creatively get into your first investment property as a first-time homebuyer.

I own my home and started the process of converting my backyard shed into an ADU to earn rental income.

I should shed light to our personal relationship between him and I.