Our plan was to do the traditional house-hack, but things haven’t gone as planned.During some self-testing followed by professional testing, we discovered lead in several high-traffic areas of the home.

Self storage will have different networks and nuances than multifamily or office or retail.  

It takes actual thought and a programmer's mind to be able to build a CRM into something that's actually effective (sure a basic person could setup a phased text message or email automation, but it's tying everything together with opportunities, automated campaign re-entry/follow-up, social media integrations/automations, etc that is the real value).

I self manage.  

Question: When buying an old building (constructed in 1900 with an effective build year of 1960), what should I look out for and ask about? 

My investment partners and I have made considerable investments in Mount Airy over  the past few years, worked with a number of brokers on acquisitions and can honestly say not a single one has been able to effectively articulate our neighborhood investment thesis which tells you how challenging the neighborhood is. 

I am going to assume you do not live in the property area to where you can go and do it your self! 

Looks like is passed in 2022, effective this year.

If you are purchasing an investment property, and intend on using for investment purposes only, not personal use, it might be possible for you to rollover the TSP to a Self-Directed IRA and purchase the investment property through this type of structure.

You will have to do something unique to make it effective & useful to you... because it's always no pain, no gain!