All of our self-storage run at basically 100% occupancy except for our most recent addition. 

He personally screened every tenant, handled every maintenance request, and even showed up to mow the lawn at his properties when the landscapers were running late.His phone rang constantly—contractors, tenants, vendors—all needing his immediate attention.

Rentrange costs the manager to run each report, so as long as you do not abuse it or send the PM 30 properties I would help you.

Can probably get two ~400k properties with financing before my cash runs out. 

I'd be happy to chat and help you run numbers and answer any questions you may have about. 

Method of choice was looking for potential properties online using redfin then when I had run simple numbers I would drive by each property and its neighborhood and if it was worth pursuing, I would schedule to see the property through the selling agent.

.), the places im looking at are decent $ properties that after running through calculators etc showing 18-22% CoC after management fees etc.But after listening to BP for about a month, now thinking BRRRR possibly and doing up here in the DFW area.

Specialty is in foreign national financing so I'd be happy to provide insight and run some numbers for you once you've narrowed down your options.

While I will still lose money on it in the long run, I'm at least breaking even on it monthly and no longer have the headache of it. 

Also, I'm a civil engineering expert in Building Information Modeling.