I personally don't take the time to itemize each buying expense, but it generally amounts to a few thousand dollars:Typical Buying Costs Inspection costs ($350 - $500) - If you are just getting started, it's probably a good idea to pay for a professional inspector to perform a full property inspection to find any major issues or concerns.Closing Costs (Generally amount to $1k to 2k) Title Search & Insurance ($500) - A Title Search is performed by a Title Company to research the property records to ensure there is clean title, and no claims or liens on the property.Courier Fees ($50-$100) - Courier fees are fees to transport the closing documents .County recording fees ($50 - $100) - Recording fees are charged by the local county recording office to record the property documents in the public records.Miscellaneous Fees ($250 to $500) - There will also likely be miscellaneous processing fee/document preparation fees.Lender Points - If you're using outside funding, your lender will likely charge 2 to 3% of the Loan Value to originate the loan. 

But as you stated I was being pretty optimistic.My thoughts were the house is in a location close enough to public transportation (metro/bus) and the rooms seem a bit bigger than places that I have looked at.

Pay particular attention to the City's Capital Improvements Plan, which might be a separate document or might be rolled into either the Comprehensive Plan, the Master Plan, Transportation Plan, or some other planning document.The documents above usually reference 10 year futures and are updated every 3-5 years.

Ideally someone with a Property Management background/transportation/laptop/etc.

We enclosed another 100 SF that used to be a patio and stored the washer and dryer.Rehab went over the original estimates but included some value add changes.

Go to some of the Self-Storage forums and ask for advice on sizes for enclosed.4. 

Ease of transportation?  

In 2000 many people saw it, they wondered how I could not having reliable transportation can come up with so many properties and owners.

They do everything too...permitting, transport, finishing, etc, but I believe you're paying a premium for this. 

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