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.

Make sure you have your buy right criteria, and call them to go on a property tour to tour one of their properties.Especially since deal flow has slowed down, most brokers will look forward to meeting serious investors

My normal rentals only make around $500-$600/month when I first buy them so I’m making about triple the amount which is a lot for me.  

Find, buy, or create your advantage. 

We are looking to buy a SFH in Palm Springs (or possibly Indio) for STR purpose.

Have good credit, 2 previous lenders who will vouch for me and can buy but trying to avoid tax hit for selling liquid assets.

I’m interested in transactional lending, wholesaling, flippin’, and buy and hold eventually. 

I am a real estate investor that just moved to Columbus from Miami looking to buy my second property within the next year.

There is no fee to attend the meet up group just buy your own drink.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.