With the heighten competition, housing shortages, and having a day job, I needed to change my investing model.

You have to put investors through "heightened reasonableness checks" (technology helps here)5.  

My wife and I recently designed and built our home in the northern suburbs of Chicago, the experience of which has heightened my desire to start investing in real estate. 

With this heightened involvement, they have strict requirements, and lots of paperwork, that most contractors aren't crazy about (time = $$).  

As of now I’m looking to explore the Wholesale side of real estate to heighten my knowledge within the industry as well to build capital so I may eventually look into other investment options.

I would encourage you to make them look less like shipping containers and more like "regular" self storage, though, both to improve the perception of your clients and to heighten the curb appeal of the facility.   

However, I am looking to connect and grow with other wholesalers/investors to heighten my knowledge, as well as form lucrative relationships.

@Brian S.Anything with a yield like that will certainly have a heightened risk profile.Think about it logically, you are getting 15 net of all their fees??

, they could open your letter with a heightened anxiety level..

There was certainly some heightened skepticism going in to the deals, but we came out unscathed in the end.