The training is the best in the industry.  

Does everyone here use more than one agent, and if so how do you work with them without adverse reactions to not using one exclusively?

He has been employed in the same industry for 35 years, has an income of 100k/year for a company he's been working for 10 years, a credit score of 740, and a good debt-to-income ratio.What would you recommend I do?

Here they are:Benefits of a “friendly loan” 1)You can refinance rate and term loans immediately.If you buy with cash the current industry standard requires a 6 month hold before lenders will allow you to refinance.This may not be true for all lenders so ask your lender prior to your purchase if they require 6 months seasoning before a cash out loan can be obtained.Lending requirements change all the time so what is true today can change tomorrow.If you it takes 45 days to get the refinance loan, you can refinance potentially 4 times faster than getting a cash out loan if you have to wait for 6 months.Naturally you don’t want to refinance until repairs are complete to get full loan value so reality has a time delay to make repairs, but will still be much faster.2)You have as little money left in the deal as possible, potentially nothing after refinancing if you buy at or under 80% of value if you refinance the loan at 80% of appraised value.Compare this to buying with a conventional investor loan which requires 20% down payment and the loan amount is always the lesser of purchase price or appraised value.

Look at the Pawn shop industry… same thing.

I am a local Dallas Realtor working exclusively with investors.  

Knowing what I know about the region from real estate and tech industry news, which is just enough to be dangerous, I would not take any equity out.

New to the industry, want to learn as much as possible. 

I started aggressively researching self-storage investments after reading about the investment potential and growth of the industry - seems like a GREAT investment if done RIGHT.

Based in Las Vegas, I am having a hard time locating RE investors that are willing to bring me under their wings and show me the ropes of the industry.