He's saying he is expecting the REOs to start appearing in 12-18 months, I was thinking 6-12.

@Bo Goebel Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

@Sanjida RabbaniRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

This helps set the right expectations as we are not in an easy cash flow market.

What is the expected rent, and does it need to be rehabbed?

Once you get this first location done you will start to snowball.  5 years from now expect to hear about your trip or activity your doing because of self storage.   

Do they understand an investors point of view and expectations?

@Saurabh Kukreja we don't recommend investing via zip codes - too broad of an area.We've mapped out all of Metro Detroit and categorized Cities & Neighborhoods by Class A, B, C, & D.We take assisting investors very seriously, just read below:Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

Expect a down payment of 25-35%.Loan Eligibility (New Build vs.

Expecting to open BLOC of 150 k and my own money of about 100k so should be able to flip quite a lot..trying to get away from w2 grind