There are over 40 Different ancillary income streams in the Self-Storage Industry - Truck Rental, Selling locks, boxes, and moving supplies, lighting, shelving, records storage, pack n ship, ebay.....  

so it begins....i could foresee the future with this one right from the moment i stepped off the truck to see the house for the first time 2 months ago.the "tenants" have been dropping hints of "cancer, surgery, toddler issues, paychecks, etc" and finally didn't pay rent for the month of July.

Alternatively, explore the myriad of real estate crowdfunding platforms, and invest in several of the properties offered there, from SFRs in Dallas to huge student housing developments in California, to Class A office space in Manhattan.

TravisUse your broker to list the property this is a good alternative, most brokers would be happy to keep the deal in house and if the escrow and negotiations are in house why would they not Jim

We would pay off our credit cards, get me a nice used truck($10-17k) so I can more easily do side work(landscaping and grass cutting) that I do all the time.

Alternatively, if i sell it i could make a a small (15K) profit and reinvest the 65K in another rental property. 

Alternatively, are there any other strategies I may be missing that could be helpful in combating all cash offers outside of HELOC to delay financing?

Thanks Jason and Steve, you guys are awesome and like two sides of the credit 'coin'.I totally feel the same way about personal credit being more in 'best interest' than creating an alternate credit file via a business!

But even a below average real estate investment may be a good decision if it's better than the alternative, and gets you started.  

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