I live in Northen MD and just today found out one Extra Storage location (801 Long Dr, Aberdeen MD) is doing $18 for 5'X6 and $42 for a 8'X10', indoor elevator accessed, climate-controlled taking over its competitors' business.

:wink: You are someone I respect and if you say granite is a difference maker, I certainly buy that.

The company hopes to diversify its clientele by selling the other two-thirds of its production to U.S. electric vehicle auto makers, such as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors, according to Austin Devaney, the company’s vice president of sales and marketing.SC6 from Piedmont Lithium will be used to power at least 350,000 Tesla cars each year, Devaney said.To put that in perspective, Tesla delivered 367,500 cars – the majority of them manufactured at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif. -- in 2019 globally.Tesla’s Model 3 sedan alone accounted for nearly half of the total electric vehicles sold in the U.S. during 2019 at 154,840, according to the U.S.

At our REIA (dcreia.com) we host a weekly "DEAL MAKER'S WORKSHOP" for our members, where we ask members of the group to come up and take a hot seat to present their deal.  

You should consider using an entity, and not acting as a sole proprietor.Since I'm not an attorney, I can not tell you what to do, but I can tell you what I do.I have an S-Corp that is my primary business vehicle going back to 1989.If I were starting over today, I'd use an LLC, and have created several LLC's as "Operating Companies", where I and another person are the Members, with me, or my S-Corp serving as the Managing Member (Decision Maker).For each deal, I use an LLC to hold title about 90% of the time. 

No way am I paying $80k for $120k in a depressed area where you literally can't go one block without finding an "open house" (home with a kicked in door left wide open).

Ultimately as the business owner/decision maker if they find you negligent that is where I see the problems occurring.

It's always been two steps forward, one step back for my wife and I, but steadily we move forward.Don't make the mistake of reading these internet posts where anonymous people make real estate investing sound like cake.

Looking at anything else first may be a waste of time if your local rule makers won't allow the change.

I'd say probably 85% of the financial institutes, it doesn't have up to date info on the decision makers.