Looking at doing Contractor rental units and even though physically and contractually close to the same as Self Storage, I'm hesitant to build the buildings with the site in hand. 

Instead I've focused on military training exercises, and courses and ive been deployed on 2 domestic ops.

In California, I think you need to physically go into the assessors office.

@Garrett Schmidt I think major colleges will still see large amount of physical enrollment because the kids want the experience but smaller schools i think will move to offer more online courses and majors.

Ultimately I'd like to refinance the property, but not sure if I can find a local lender and build a relationship without physically being there.My back-up plan and what I'm leaning towards is refinancing my NY co-op which I own out right (primary residence) - similar units sold at $195K and I've contacted a local credit union and confirmed that they can refinance 80% of the home value at 3.25%.

Besides the internal college housing programs, is there something physical you do with the properties to cater to the faculty over students (different price, trim, etc.?

Do you feel it's important to be physically close to your first rental?

lol I used to work for a medium size insurance company in their Indianapolis claims department as an all lines of business physical damage adjuster.

We have a physical meetup meeting on 1/28/2020 in Spring where you can network with local investors. 

How did you get estimates for the work needed without a physical walk-thru?