The plans generally base the amount you owe per month on the income and family/household size with a discretionary income factor.

Lea, Probably best to factor that cost in and get a contractor to look it over as soon as you can.

I didn't hire professional inspectors in my deal, but only brought over my regular repair guys to help inspect (structural, roofing, etc)as for management software, I use easy self storage too and I agree with comments above that it's a good fit for small/medium facility given consideration of their cost vs. value. some others like sitelink and storEdge have quite more cool features but you pay for that premium. another factor for me to go with easy self storage is the competitive rate from merchant account provider they partners with that you use for your website's credit card processing. their call center feature is very nice to have additionif you need that.

@Kayla Williams I do residential design in the Carolina's and can help if you decide to build.

Not sure where you'll be doing your research but here are things you'll likely need access to...Land records ... to determine ownership, open mortgages, other encumbrancesCourt records ... for judgments, pending litigation, BKTax records ... real property taxes are liensLocal violations, liens, water may factor as wellAnd you often don't just click a few buttons and get results... usually you have to review docs and piece things togetherGood luck.

I designated shelves in the refrigerator and shelves in the kitchen cabinets for their exclusive use.  

So another factor - is an empty rental in winter temperatures. 

I would also that once a building is more than 5-10 years old, I'd rather buy a well designed, well built well maintained older property than something was built more recently but not taken care of.Due diligence is key for all of this.

While underwriting considerations given to compensating factors may carry the day for you, I find raw numbers have their own value as well.

I also think that using an abundance of caution could potentially discourage someone who is looking around for a good candidate to sue.Another big factor is probably the size of your operation/ investments.