Both homes are waterfront properties on a boating, sporting and fishing lake in East Texas.  

If it's in TN (as opposed to N GA) you property taxes alone will be close to 15% and with the habitational insurance markets going nuts, you're probably almost at 30% combined on those two. 

This is not 'potentially' anything...this dude is nuts and presents a real and present danger to you and your wife.

It's a way for us small to medium fish to gain financial freedom.Note: Feel free to reach out to me!

This place is nuts!

@Javan Jackson yeah, this is a really hard nut to crack. 

You can reach out to your local (state) Self Storage Association, peruse topics on You Tube, and certainly many, many forums here on Biggerpockets with quality folks & quality content.Regardless, of how you piece your learning together, everything (soup to nuts) for an Acquisition is either FINDING a lead, EVALUATING to determine if it's a deal, now you're in the PURCHASING phase, and after you close, now it's all about MANAGING.If you think that at times it makes more sense to build than to buy, then you'll want to learn about Development & Conversions.  

A temperate climate enhances the season for outdoor sports, including world-class golf, hiking, biking, and fishing.

Other than that, their nuts-and-bolts aspects of their management services were pretty good, and may be what your looking for.  

IRS have bigger fish to fry!