The other disadvantage of storage rental is they are generally slow to fill up, we are financing a new Construction self storage, and the lease up is estimated at 4 years.  1 suggestion would be to buy 1 container, lease it, then buy the subsequent container.

When there is a recently acquired long-term rental, lenders can simply throw in the lease agreement and use 75% of the rental income from that, but on a short-term rental, there is no lease agreement, so the only way to document what the actual cash flow is, is by using Schedule E of your most recent tax return filing. 

Hi all,I have a ditch which is 150 feet wide, 100 feet long and 2 feet deep in the back with a city catch basin in the middle.

For a long, long time, just general fear of not knowing what I'm doing. 

I've been interested in becoming a farmer for as long as I can remember, and as I've looked at the viability of getting into farming, I've seen how much debt people go into to purchase land and equipment, and how crippling that debt can be for both the farmer and their family.

We are planning to invest.

The days of "my word are my bond" are long gone, particularly in larger communities where other agents don't know you personally.

Purchase price: $317,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Short term primary -> long term hold with a 3.25% interest rate.

We are considering a flip in our area to start off but I am curious to hear what others are doing in California specifically.

Joshua Tree is definitely interesting selection - probably destined to be a very volatile rollercoaster market - trends toward big overheats and then big crashes after over-builds, people that can time the bottoms over a long time frame can probably succeed very well