When he applied for the garage permit he included this statement to the city certifying that the coach house was neither commercial or residential and only used for storage. 

I have found 25 Storage Units I can purchase for 125000, with 20 units rented out.

Hey Scott,Yes, house hacking into a new place and holding the duplex a couple of more years is one of my top options I'd say as I figure in 2 years I will also have the experience to be approved for commercial property as well as more equity assuming the market doesn't tank!

Also, check to see if the toilet tank is 'sweating' and if the condensed water is not dripping onto the floor.

The tax advantages of buying/holding gas stations are pretty great.Many of the components of gas stations including pumps, tanks, external parking areas, and other equipment are classified as either 5 or 15 year property so you can bonus depreciate a lot of it (minus the land value) and get significant deductions in year 1.With the current bonus depreciation rate at 60%, a $1 million gas station acquisition could still lead to $100K+ in year 1 deductions depending on the specifics of your deal.

The only one I actually got anything out of was AJ Osborne’s Self Storage program.

Bob Copper at Storage 101 is who I'd recommend on whether the site makes sense for adding storage to it.

@Logan M. another stream of income, if you don't want to have clients finance through banks is financing them yourself and collecting the 12-15% on contract sales.Do you offer any mini storage in any of your communities for an additional income stream?

I’m an investor with capital and was presented a potential deal to purchase an off market 83 unit self storage facility.  

Townhome/condo/SFR - rent by the roomADU / multifamily units - self explanatory Storage / Space rental - Rent extra space/bedrooms/garage for storage, driveway for car parking, etc.