Last year we switched to everything being stored digital.

Keep storing away money. 

“Oh I NEED a 2BR but will only use 1BR so don’t charge me for the rest of the space but I’ll probably still store some stuff in that area and you can’t have anyone use the space.”

As far as reserves, we have about 4-5 months of mortgage stored up in the event we are unable to find a tenant, but also figured that might be a good little reserve in the event something happens. of course, I have some very high limit credit cards that could be utilized if something extreme was to happen, not to mention our personal reserves for job loss and so on, which covers around 3-4 months of total expenses. 

You can find it at Lumber Liquidators, Lowe's Home Depot, other flooring stores, etc.

Best option was buying something at the grocery store and heating it up in my hotel room microwave. 

Felipe of course is making the right point, but additionally, at least here in CT, even finding ON MARKET deals where you don't have to give away the store seems to be rarer and rarer.

I now own a property in Florida that was a payless shoe store in a very busy area.

That is a big list you have there and it takes time plus the handyman has to make trips to the big box store to get the stuff.

This has resulted in some tenants storing their items outside of their lockers and cluttering up the general area of the basement.