Can you please share why or why not and how the performance played out over a longer period of time?

We're doing buy & hold for the cash flow so that I can leave my day job and play monopoly full-time. 

I’m one year in the game.

So we could do this loan strictly as a value add play on the self storage units and renting out the metal building.

Hey my name is Dontay Phillips I am new to the realestate game.

For example, we finish the basements with indoor/outdoor carpet (instead of LVP, which makes it feel a lot more homey), because we know parents go nuts in the winter if they can't send the kids downstairs to pay - or have a space for the guys to watch the game on Sunday.

Determine how much money would be needed to handle each risk, and determine if you have sufficient liquidity / cash flow to ensure you can “stay in the game”.This is of course in addition to all normal “due diligence”, financial forecasting, etc. 

They may have played a role in your credit card denial.  

Equity Partner BuyoutConsider an equity partner to help fund renovations in exchange for a share of the profits, reducing your risk and investment.STR seems like a solid option, but these alternative strategies give you flexibility depending on how things play out. 

Paying to get in the right rooms can be game changing, but as you acknowledged you have to take it on yourself to make it worth your while.As for your question, it was pretty confusing.