Nevertheless, with over 3007 counties and billions of acres of land to acquire, since working in this business full time since 2001 I've never lost a deal due to competition nor has my business not grown due to competition.  

@Brent Hill  I am a native of Jacksonville Florida, having grown up in Fruit Cove and I am a full time qualified intermediary and a TIC specialist, specific primarily to the self storage industry but I am always happy to assist in answering some questions or brain storming if you would like to call and discuss as I find that sometimes talking things through can offer a lot of assistance.

The audience has grown dramatically with @Brandon Turner's arrival, and his vision of this as a social platform. 

Ignore it/deal with it/subsidize it with other properties until someday rent catches up with my payment (meanwhile equity should have grown).2.

N Lakeland (Above I4) has grown is the last 5-10 year with numerous new construction project coming.  25yr future growth projection is 34%.

However, this is where I've grown up, my grandbabies are here and my support system is here. 

Be careful if they've already grown!

We have since grown to 200 units in this local, not counting parking.  

My son is 12 and has grown up with an investor mindset that I didn't grow up with.

In the past couple years short-term rentals have exponentially grown.