Quote from @Jonathan Klemm: Sounds like you are no doubt heading in the right direction @Jason B.!  

The way I'm looking at it, if my spouse and I only do employer matching for the 10 years we would have more than enough in there and still 10 years out from being able to access it.I do plan on doing 401k loans for deals if the numbers check out, and I've considered rolling over some of our 401ks into roth IRAs to access our contributions but we'd have to pay taxes out of pocket (a big hit to cash flow) and we couldn't touch it for 5 years.  

@Kyle Carter You cannot directly use a 1031 exchange to purchase a primary residence, as the IRS mandates that the replacement property must be used for investment or business purposes.

Does anyone know a property manager that supports small self-storage rentals in addition to residential rentals?

And I'm sure that's because some people direct book, others use Airbnb, etc.

You could even try reaching out directly to local agents or small real estate firms.

That's direction I'd advise exploring, not how to do it all yourself as an island, but as a facilitating power.

Are you self managing those properties?

Anyone that could point me in the right direction or give any advice I’d love to hear, thanks!

Without accounting for management fees (I have not yet decided if I will try to self manage), and with planning to raise rents to typical market of $825 for each of the smaller units, and $1200 for the larger unit, does this seem like a worthy first investment?