@Luke Spencer I am not on the management side but I can tell you it took 2+ years to fill 300 units at one of our facilities and the other just hit 300 units in 12/13 months so it really depends on the demographics, and local housing market trend, the more people moving in and out the higher the demand for storage.I think if you're looking at a saturated market then the upfront cash to turn the warehouse into self storage is not a good idea but then again, maybe those operators are on back roads ( low visibility ) and don't push google ads well.

Given the scope of your work, a simple plumbing leak would not concern me, it's a $200 issue at the most and ideally, it's just another line item when you do rough in plumbing for the kitchen.Being in a Milwaukee suburb, I am guessing it's a 1960s ranch, probably with galvanized plumbing.

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We have talked about things such as rent by the room and acknowledge that the operating model will likely be very different while living in the property vs. when we move out.I think the point you made about assumable loans is very helpful to get into a property you might not otherwise be able to afford.

The issue is: can the operator survive to that "long term".  

It's simple interest income (unless you do it in an IRA).

My questions: - Looking to understand pain points of operating in Indio that you wished you had known - Besides the music festival in April, is there frequent tourism ensuring you are making the annual CoC ? 

Thanks, Victor.I have met the people in person, and it's a fairly large, established lender operating in multiple states. 

If there is no debt service probably 30% is still going of the rent is still going to operating expenses which means that you only made about 480k or so. 480k rents + 800k property is the same 1.3million roughly.

You can too, without being a wholesaler or an agent.You can walk into a mall to a jewelry store and buy gold, which is simple, but you pay a huge markup.