Are there specific standards or common practices that seem to set certain areas apart?

Ask to open a business checking account. 

The losses could be used against other sources of passive income and that is it.If it is a standard self storage model, and thus treated as rental income, then in order to get anything other than passive treatment you would needs REPS status. 

Their line of "30-40 deals a month" is NW's standard motto and all of their agents use it.

@Yanting WangHave you checked with the builder with the interest rates that they are offering? 

The person who is doing our remodeling work doesn't accept our mode of money transfer(like zelle or bank to bank transfer) and requires checks.

And, I would easily win any argument that the knowledge you receive from a seminar concentrated on a subject which, if used correctly, can net you thousands of dollars in income within weeks is worth thousands times more than any standard educational instruction in the basics of getting a J.O.B. 

If I were you I’d replace the system with whatever is standard in your market.

Check out my personal favorite, Set For Life by Scott Trench , or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey.3.

Triple net leases (NNN) are standard, and they cover taxes, insurance, and maintenance.For your 1.8-acre parcel, if it's zoned for auto work and sales, you’re good to get started.