It comes with all the downsides of MF and not enough of the synergies that you get with larger projects.It also comes down to your financial goals: because more doors means also more headaches.

Or should I buy it now, because I know a lot of real estate investors always saying that their biggest regret was not starting sooner. 

It seemed most of your great research was focused on the SU area only, but my biggest interest has been outside of those areas, especially north of the city.

To me the biggest, easiest, and most accessible opportunity is with real estate.

The retail is booming, the only downside IMO, is the infrastructure.

My biggest question for people already investing is what makes a market ideal for self-storage investing?

One of my biggest concerns is evaluating properties.

A lot of buyers in the past couple years purchased with the intent to rent their homes on a short-term basis (Airbnb) which caused prices to shoot up and for one reason or another, a lot of these buyers are deciding to cash out which is creating a large inventory of homes in residential neighborhoods and putting downside pressure on home prices.We are definitely seeing home prices in residential neighborhoods coming down a lot and with the high level of inventory, there seems to be more room to come down.Home prices on acreage in the more affluent parts of Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley (south of the 62 Highway) are slower to come down.

Your biggest hurdle with this refinance is going to be the negative cashflow.

This is an example I was just sharing on a fourplex deal in another forum thread:The biggest thing the particular course was "missing" was itemizing the expenses.