I was in your shoes about 3 years ago and realized quickly when you have a good DEAL (Iike 25% below market value) finding money is easy. 

I hope to be in your shoes some day.

Looking for current information on investing in storage units.

It can be helpful to reverse the shoes and ask yourself what you'd want if a landlord were renting out your home/apartment? 

I don't know everything and probably never will, but that's part of the process.I am on step four and was in your shoes a few weeks ago.

I believe only Storage was lower.Sun / ELS REITs returns have been very strong since 2009 - see my linked in profile for the exact numbers. 

Storage generally offers a better return profile but you also need to go big there as well. 

If I were in your shoes, Sub2 would be my preferred acquisition strategy, over and above actually assuming the debt.Even if there were language in the note that would preclude a subject-to purchase, I'd still reach out to the lender and see what could be arranged, particularly in light of the current COVID-19 Crisis.

These are smaller units, but the finish is hard surface counter (quartz), PTAC (notice the ugly cord that should have been hardwired) LVT in the kitchen- (we would have done all LVT if we were keeping this)  We were only zoned for 17 units so the 18th unit was set for self storage units for extra income.  

Purchase price: $25,000 Cash invested: $100,000 Storage units in Circleville, Ohio.