Do you or anyone else recommend utilizing this space for personal storage, or leaving the building only for tenant use and perhaps closing off the attic and providing coin-operated washer/dryer in basement?

For him, this would take the form of converting the currency into crypto (Bitcoins and such) and holding them in that form while they appreciate in value, then returning the tenants' deposits upon their departure and keeping the excess value for himself. 

I want to know about plumbing problems, but she calls me about things like the temperature of the water during different cycles in the coin washing machine, or another tenant putting her garbage can infront of her garage door, or that her gas bill seems high and I had to explain to her that it is not just the gas stove, but also her water heater.

Have you considered the coin operated machines?

If you like risk buy a bunch of crypto. :).

There used to be a strategy, I believe a poster on the now defunct website Fat-wallet who went by the name Suckisstaples coined the phrase App-O-Rama for it.Basically you would do your homework and get a list of companies you would apply for and apply for them all in one sitting.

@Cynthia Dockens my advice to anyone is to take out a loan from the 401k or take it all completely out (paying taxes on the second case, not the first) and buy real estate/crypto/pot stocks/tech stocks or stocks that pay you dividends.

And he coined my favorite phrase of all time - "My silent partner Uncle Sam"

Got lots of silver coins, looking to buy some gold and I WILL HAVE MY FIRST PROPERTY BY THE END OF APRIL!

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