That being said, No-one can time it that precisely, so you should follow time tested and proven strategies to buy below market priced properties with strong fundamentals that fall within your personal convictions and hold long term.

The wiser ones however dive into history and look at the fundamentals and double down on the stock.

Take your time to learn the fundamentals and set aside some money to invest with.

Real estate has so many fundamental features other investment just don't offer.

Simply put, I would recommend that any person with a good understanding of the fundamentals of real estate investing look strongly at self storage.

Are you basing your appreciation play on any market fundamental data like: jobs, population growth, etc?

There are numerous avenues to add value and the strong fundamentals in the area will support the anticipated rent growth.#2 The hold time is too long.Rebuttal:  What alternatives are you planning to invest in, I'm always looking. 

I am on the fence on signing up for this course: https://courses.propertymetrics.com/join/iaf/I'm in a highly active and regimented education-focused period right now and one of my big interests is leveraging some personal relationships I have to get further involved in commercial real estate investing, but its the fundamentals that I know I need work on right now to prepare for that. 

In other words, he looks at the underlying fundamental value of the asset, independent of external factors and market directions, and weighs that against the price to purchase the asset.

How long did you stick with one PM (to ensure it was their actions and not market fundamentals) before deciding to switch?