Perhaps the conventional 5% down, but since I am self-employed and write everything off, I am being told that I would still need to put down 20% and provide a year's worth of bank statements to satisfy the underwriter.My question for the community is: does anyone have any ideas on how I might structure my first deal to acquire property number one?

The biggest benefit of the LLC is in being able to have a sort of firewall between your companies and self.

Remember, the notion of amassing wealth without investing is a dangerous myth perpetuated by self-proclaimed experts.

He just turned 68 and is ready to be done in an active role as a self-managed landlord for all of his properties. 

If I could go back to my younger self, I would have told him to "get your head out of the spreadsheet, everything is going to be okay, and buy a nice place in a nice area". 

Will you be self-managing or hiring a management company?

I came from doing everything self motivated and always had a battle with all the things i do in life, and continue to try and cultivate positive self-belief.

The third was a self storage program and because I know nothing about that market I learned a ton from it.

(Everything says "Self-Reported")However, I see that within last 1 month they have applied for more then 7 credit cards.

Hey BP! Would love to hear what management software the storage professionals are using to manage their units. A few things important to our team would be a strong screening/application process, tenant and team commun...