I'd read books, learn about real estate fundamentals from SFR guys.

We focus on fundamental measures to combat homelessness as well as assisting underprivileged children.

Also I am also now employed by a self storage operator so my opinion is probably is not objective.I was a professional sale person who "retired" on 3/31/2018 to launch the investment arm of self storage business due to my belief in the fundamentals of this asset class. 

Again, any feedback is appreciated but I'm really wanting to find out if I am running these numbers correctly from a fundamental standpoint so I can build from here.Thank you all in advance.

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Let's look at the fundamentals.

Having a great team in place is probably just as important as picking a market with good underlying fundamentals (a diverse JOBS market (ideally recession-resistant jobs like in govt., education, healthcare, defense), population growth, desirability, affordability, favorable weather and landlord/tenant laws).

In this case, you can estimate the long term historical appreciation rate by computing CAGR over multiple decades (spanning multiple RE cycles) and then understanding the driving fundamentals of supply and demand and if they are persistent or not. 

From my POV, the more a partner understands the fundamentals of analysis, due diligence and exit strategies, the easier my job is to have them understand a good deal when I bring it to the partnership.