That number will give you something to compare to other investment vehicles that will tell you if this capital is better put somewhere else (if there is actually capital to deploy after a sale).

So when the RE market goes down, those who profit are RE investors who have the capital to deploy and take advantage of the opportunity, and renters continue to rent.

I could see deploying $5 billion dollars in Self Storage today, even if Large REITS are taking a hit today. 

Currently I am deployed with the Army (National Guard), but I have a decent amount of time to invest and decent internet connection =).

It's better to invest in good/conservative deals than to get your funds deployed in bad deals.I invested in BAM fund 2 last year.

There are also a lot of other options out there such as debt funds that you could diversify with selecting several and let them do all the work and probably end up getting a better return since you can deploy capital much faster.

SF and Multifamily investors with a strategy for deploying capital either on their own or through a partnership realize the data is broadbrush of information.For a buy-and-hold investor this is potentially useful.

I have a happier but embarrassed tenant who I helped figure out the deployed partner missed the disconnect notices and no service issue.

Define your goals and what you need to achieve and works backwards with how much money you have to deploy.

I don't recommend investing in these markets unless you know the rules and can live within them.I prefer to invest in #1, although i do have units across all 3 types.Many hosts that scale up their portfolio eventually move from residential zoned properties into commercial zoned properties due to the easy of scaling up money deployed and the safety of regulations