Multifamily is incredibly complex and if you don't understand the metrics or calculations behind it, you're going to get burned. if you're just plugging numbers in until it "goes green", you are either going to miss out on deals or buy something you shouldn't. 

The more people in the tenant’s approved household the higher the possible rent.

We net 10s of thousands of people from the Midwest states as well. 

We are newbies, and don't want to miss out on a great investment and tax savings opportunity, but obviously want to do everything correctly in the eyes of Uncle Sam.

We like self-storage because even if there is a recession, and people downsize, those people will have a need for self-storage, as evidenced by storage occupancy rates during past recessions.

From what I see, there are people who invest in different real estate markets all over the country.

Is there a better company to go with or am i missing USAA’s definition of “renovations”?

Poor people borrow.

With regulations increasing we've been seeing more and more people who want to invest in STRs start investing in Vacation rentals.

I missed out on Colorado Springs and probably Reno.