Taxes are about $3000 for the pair, and insurance will likely be about the same.  

A few years ago I did a pair of mortgages for a pair of houses right next door at the same time, both being purchased from the same seller (1031 exchanging them into a strip mall in the midwest, gotta love Bay Area home values).

$5-10K is a good bit of savings but if you're looking to go straight into storage (which I wish I had done rather than messing with Residential RE first), You'll need to pair that money with some "sweat equity" and also find someone who is willing to look past your past financial indiscretions. 

If you have that many options why not pair it down a little further and be more precise?

In terms of the US economy as a whole, I dont believe in the fiat currency.

I like that they are currencies among central bankers.

toni, i bought a pair of duplexes in my neck of the woods with the intentions on flipping about 5 months ago.

In fact, I believe only about 25-35% of the US money supply exists in the form of paper currency and loose change.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-21/brazilians-buy-miami-condos-at-bargain-prices-after-45-surge-in-currency.html

Foreign investors getting a leg up thanks to our country's endless money printing...The u.s. doll...

As our currency falls and erodes the purchasing power of a dollar, gold continues to rise.