The economy is also pretty diverse and strong - lots of growth in population and the job market and there is strong rental demand.

I actually made a whole video about this over on my YouTube channel Tech Savvy Landlord :) 

Most often the application process takes longer because previous landlords do not respond in a timely manner, jobs verification doesn't respond in a timely manner, and the tenant doesn't provide the necessary documentation.

Even if every Concrete crew was "legal", wages would pull them to other low paid laborer jobs such as landscaping, house framing, meat packing, etc, causing wages and cost to go up for new Self Storage Construction, let alone availability.Security Systems- yep sourced overseas, China.Interest rates going lower, but I expect Inflation to go higher.

Listen to @Tanner Lewis in a nutshell.The best thing you said was this - " I do not want ALL my income to be reliant on my day job."

This would be purchased as a primary home and then probably turn into a secondary home as their job would probably require a move over the years.

.: Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Dana YobstBlows my mind how he is out there still teaching classes and going on as nothing happened but it sounds like these debts are not getting substantially paid down.As many of us know, one of the main reasons he's able to continue on is with the help of this other self proclaimed criminal https://weclosenotes.com/ep-nc-03-protecting-yourself-using-a-corporate-veil-with-aaron-young-from-laughlin-associates/ Using a remote entity to limit liability is a life blood of insuring investment into all types of job creating, life saving and life improving business development.  

And anytime you have that cheap of lots that are buildable you can get a building boom that will far surpass normal absorption liike what we are seeing now or saw what 3 years ago  or so.. builders / GCs taking on 50 jobs at once with no hope of ever being able to deliver simply not enough subs and such to keep up.  

A simple non-tech solution.

I believe my property manager does a good job and keeps me informed.