This business thrives highly because of the ecosystem created for the buyer to be handed deals on a platter without any Sweat Equity requirements on their behalf.

New job aside, my qualms about the $400/month rent ecosystem aside, you really have to (in my opinion) make an offer based on how the property is performing today.  

It doesn’t matter if that is starting with 5 push-ups a day to be healthier, spending an hour with someone you love, buying someone lunch or a coffee, or making an offer on a new property.

Brad is a great coach plus the ecosystem of other students is great.  

I would say there is a more robust third party management ecosystem out there for self storage.

Milwaukee is sitting on some of the most affordable housing in the country, is adjacent to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, has entertainment & food that rivals every major metro, it's sports teams bat way above average for a small market which attracts hundreds of thousands if not millions of people here annually, economic development has been happening at a level unprecedented since the '50s (we are breaking ground on the world's largest mass timber building in June), has a tech ecosystem on the ground floor of attracting major talents with partners from the fortune 500 companies in town... this run-on sentence has gone a bit too long, I'll stop here.If you are looking for the days of the 2% deal, they are over. 

. * Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, Dropbox will all go public in the next 3-5 years, creating a tidal wave of billions of liquidity into the ecosystem looking to buy real estate.I'd love to get everybody's thoughts!

It took a bit longer but feel we are in a good place and have a good ecosystem going.

Like building healthier jobs for teens.

Michigan's economy isn't great, but remember Southwest Michigan is totally different than the remainder of the state, and the Grand Rapids area is healthier than many.