The lender who will ultimately provide the construction loan facility will expect to see your equity contribution first.  

It is appealing to me because of the ability to catch a short flight and land in Phoenix to manage the properties when needed.My goal:* Invest in a single / multi family property worth $300K in a quality neighborhood (class B or above) to buy and hold* Target is positive cash flow, build equity over timeThe following factors make Phoenix attractive to me:* +2.3% population growth since 2020* Strong Case Schiller index * Presence of large employers like Amazon, Walmart, and $40B investment towards a semiconductor facility that is projected to complete in 2026Challenge:* I'm consistently seeing rents in the $1900 - $2000 range for single family condos in (2B, 1 Ba) range making it a negative cash flow prospectQuestions to the community:1.

Second, do I need to get them basic cooking items?

I would tell them this isn't a free storage facility.

Or invest in self storage facilities?

When you stay in a hotel you're probably occupying less than 200 square feet of space with a single bathroom, the hotel has a full-time cleaning and service staff and there are virtually no food facilities to speak of - no dishwasher, refrigerator, stove, oven or microwave.

Both of our governments have been doing unprecedented things with money supply, interest rates, and cooking the inflation books.

Drawing seawater into a desalination facility and returning concentrated brine waste to the ocean sounds like a bad deal for wildlife.  

Courtney Buck Build a monthly storage facility, open a mobile home park, start an RV Park, build a strip mall 

This does not include the many "temporary" construction jobs that will be created while these massive facilities are being built.