Buy a fourplex so you have a place to live and three rentals to cut your teeth on.

One of the trends you see clearly is that smaller landlords do not want to rock the boat increases, especially with good tenants. 

Below are some actionable steps I plan to take after identifying a market:- find a rock star agent by referral and/or calling brokerages and asking to connect with their top producing agents- find a rock star contractor by referral and/or yelp- have control over construction by setting per diems to incentivize contractor to finish the project on time, within budget, and with good quality- leverage my rock star agent's time to check up on the construction process (checks and balances)- hire independent handymen/inspectors to check up on the construction process for a flat fee (checks and balances) There's competition everywhere, you won't escape that in any market. 

We stayed at a place called Rocking J's which was a trip all in itself.

Without traveling far, California has ocean/beaches, mountains, skiing, hiking, desert, lakes, rock climbing, wine country, and more.

Anyone dissing Jerry, or anyone else out there who is genuinely putting in the work and deserves every penny they EARNED - In addition to dropping gems that are unmatched in the industry are either under a rock, or don't know what they're talking about because they haven't put in 2 mins of the work to give the man a chance.

You'd be better off of in Little Rock.

Hi All,My Team has added Little Rock as our third MSA.

Our pro forma for the self storage property we built was rock solid until we opened the business and a year later I was facing losing everything because of all sorts of factors beyond my control.

My plan is to be as knowledgeable I possible can so the deals I present are rock solid and convincing enough to get my money.