Some thoughts on Storage as we own some and are putting some ground up 3 and 4 story infill deals together currently:There is consolidation going on with larger groups strategically buying off some of the "mom n pops" with that, these large owners have VERY professional management.Storage has become an Internet search and SEO game more and more, and the big REITs have armies of analysts that spend all their time managing the search marketing efforts.If you are going to invest in a deal, I strongly recommend you get a larger management company, large regional firm at minimum to manage the property and internet marketing efforts.Locations is very important, you should be very convenient near other retail uses, BUT you do NOT have to be MAIN and MAIN due to most customers initially finding their facility through mobile and internet searches.There are plenty of areas overbuilt, but also plenty of under supplied areas, the critical analysis is within that 3 mile radius.

It's around $500 annually.I've been trying to consolidate my various policies as well but have not yet found anyone who can.

Did you start with 5+ units or have you consolidated a larger portfolio into your 3 units?

Okay, well that's unfortunate, but I will try out the Alert system to see how that works for me.Hi @Sandi Hague, I have not attended any local REI meetings, yet but I am apart of a few Meetup.com groups, specifically the BiggerPockets Kansas City group.That is one of the reasons why I think it would be nice to have groups, so I could consolidate all of the my other business networking accounts (Linkedin, Meetup, etc) onto BiggerPockets.Maybe the Kansas City market can be a guinea pig for starting the groups again?

If you have an older owner who has let a property go down hill and wants out, maybe you could improve things to increase revenues.With a C-Store for example, you can change suppliers, run specials, add to the product lines, change how employees interact with customers, advertise, consolidate purchases with other stores and the list goes on to improve profits by management.

Depending on your credit you may be able to consolidate your loans - try a lender like Sofi or Earnest.  

A consolidated resource could have helped me, so here you go Binghamton.

Yes, we do monthly account reconciliation and ACH deposits, with statements available on line, and a year-end consolidated statement for taxes/accountant ready.  

Is it possible for to package all 10 loan properties (once you have it) in a consolidated portfolio loan.

I am a tad fuzzy on the details myself, and I don't have all the numbers and dates consolidated into a single summary.