I'm also going to try to find them a comparable place to live...

There's a very small sample size for comparable apartments on zillow/craigslist/realtor.com and I was wondering if anyone has any strategies they've used to calculate accurate/conservative rent prices for specific neighborhoods?

Love to compare notes.

He set up a time for me to go take a look at the houses and when we got there his tenants were happy to see him and gave him a hug and talked with him about how things were going as they showed the house.I compare that experience to a different experience I had where we purchased a property that had 2 homes on it where the tenants had no relationship with the owner.

If I compare the rental income to the PITI payment it's actually just positive, but with other expenses (water/sewer/trash and capex, calculated by using 8% of rents), it turns into ~$500 month coming out of my pocket.

I have a stone guy if you want to price compare. 

From a financing perspective, I guess it is more difficult to borrow from banks against self storage facility to increase leverage, as compared to borrowing against residential rental property. 

Just use comparables like an appraiser would for this type of property.As a beginning wholesaler, you need to focus on discount from fair market value (after repairs). 

(Tech works earning 6 figures+ or is it more of blue collar type)What does living in San Tan or comparable areas feel like (Eg: Does it have good hospitals, parks, schools, well maintained roads etc?

Obviously the convential fannie/freddy loans are the best interest rates and terms but commercial rates aren't terrible....especially when compared to historic rates.