IF you had knowledge and capabilities to self-manage and lease than yeah, it would be an option, but you don't as you said so it would be like me saying "hey, I'm on a sinking ship and know nothing about boat repair, what do I do" and they say "oh, it's easy, boat mechanics are BS, just google it and you will figure it out", yeah no, Momma didn't raise no fool. 

I left after my enlistment as an electronic technician on my ship to a career in local government as city manager/executive director.

If you don't eyeball the product you could have a lot more trouble getting it back where it came from for long-distance shipping.

Of course, school is different than reality, but this experience leads me to believe I am capable of navigating the details of financing and refinancing a rental property investment. - I work for a company that sells home decorative goods to mass market retailers.

is getting so much new warehousing, shipping, and logistics business that I think there will be demand.

Before that I’ve been in business strategy and technology consulting for about 6 years, where I developed my professional skills, analytical capabilities, and ability to present and network with executives.

I know some companies and people use Argus which is a varied version of excel but has alot of capabilities related to real estate.  2)Do it all. 

I know people that have rented 40' shipping containers "for a few months" and they're still sitting on their property after ten years.It's ridiculous what people will pay to store their crap.

All of that to say, be sure that your lending capabilities are solid before entering into the contract and being unable to close. 

I have been seeing a lot of very nicely priced converted CONEX shipping container offices and homes on sale during this economy and also due to current economy nice falling prices for land.