(I although they may if they wish)Its worth a shot like @Chad Urbshott mentioned I have bought a few juniors in my day and negotiated with the Senior to keep payments current until such time as I could sell or refi.. 

I googled and something is mentioned aboutReturning  (Lesee) Non Employee in relation to like cars =LIt dawned on me gosh now are 'wholesalers' now representings properties for rent as 3rd parties or something, too?! 

As others have mentioned, shipping container self-storage units will not be direct competitors with traditional built self-storage. 

Brook— you mentioned that you had a great realtor in Houston.  

If its a for-profit developer, as Wayne suggested, they're likely to be trying to build for highest and best use.

As mentioned above, poor grammar, wrong terms used when talking about rates and lending.When I asked questions, about the lending, he just kept replying the same wrong information, and then started to get rude when I explained why his information didn't make sense.

Forgot to mention this would be my first deal! 

So I came across a for sale by owner sign.

Think And Grow Rich is an amazing book, I forget to mention "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D.

Aside from that it would be best to partner with a broker who specializes in the field (as you mentioned).