It’s all about surrounding yourself with like-minded people who have the same goals, and you’re definitely in the right place with BP for that.

I am a newbie in BP, just started listening all the podcasts, fascinated by the community!

For the longest time, I almost always bought locally. 

You have to understand the market, neighborhoods, numbers, and realize the risks involved buying houses "sight-unseen".

I hired a surveyor,  engineer and ran through the process with the city myself. 

Hi Chris,Start by networking through BiggerPockets, local real estate meetups, LinkedIn, and self-storage investor groups.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Were there any "intangible" value created through this build that wouldn't be reflected in the numbers? 

In a previous post, I discussed the difference in each of the most common cost segregation study approaches.

Everywhere I turn all I see are pitches for affordable housing and the same (not so) compelling arguments regurgitated by syndicators, capital raisers, brokers etc. for the investment strategy....strong returns...lower volatility....supply (huh?)