Most of the time with commercial properties the prevailing data point is the cap rate (verses in residential the price per square foot is exceedingly important).  

They bring in more money per square foot than traditional storage, with less invest up front and ongoing. 

However, the city informed me that the tenant never established utilities in their name...so my options are to foot the bill myself or give the utility company access to the unit so they can shut off water. 

I recently acquired a 3plex in pierce county, WA and finally got my foot in the door to my real estate investing career.

I’ll be happy with eliminating the highest living expense, and gaining some experience in RE and getting my foot on the door using FHAi appreciate your advice, could you elaborate how that approach might work for me opting for a conventional loan?

Generally speaking probably minimum 2-3 acres minimum here unless you were going vertical, that’s the US...I think it’s more on the come-up in Canada so smaller sites with higher revenue per square foot could work with remote management.

I see those tenants only as benefit if rent is say 10 bucks a foot and market is 20 and location is good.

It'll at least put your first foot forward in the right direction.

CRM, website, transaction management, lead generation, mentors, a robust daily training schedule and we even have an optional daily round table where we bring questions or general items for discussions.Sadly, one side effect of my relocation to central Maine is that I'm now in a market where you can buy a decent home for less than $150,000. 

At times it can be difficult to really start on the right foot.