I am speculating that a family with small kids may not want to rent it. 

I prefer real estate because it’s not as speculative as the stock market.

I am just speculating but would not self storage be one sector that does well in a down type economy.

What I hear people saying is that it is not prudent for inexperienced, under-capitalized newbie investors to shrug off what opportunities are available locally and concluding, using often faulty logic, that their market is "too expensive" and throwing their hard earned dollars into highly speculative ventures - whose risks they are too inexperienced to properly assess - promoted by promises of the "clear, blue sky."       

That also keeps you from speculated what the market will do with the changes in supply v. demand, you will have a ton of historical data to support your investment.

It sounds like you're speculating on the contractors leaving the doors unlocked.

But this is just my speculation. 

Day trading is even worse, complete speculation.

Pure speculation on my part but i suspect some of this will happen  

Id suspect the soil underneath may be washing out but that's wild speculation without seeing it.