I am looking for advice from people who have done this in the past.

When I go to events like this, I do go to some of the sessions, but most of my time is just sitting in the lobby chatting with people. 

Then the prices lower towards the date and you end up booking at a low price or worse just being vacant.I think manually pricing your STR'S is a much better approach.So many people are looking for the next cool software app to buy a subscription to.

At the same time, there's so many people on the fence, thinking prices are going to crash.

I have heard so many people getting charged the "fees" for signing up for a free CD.

There are not too many people who can pay 40K cash to buy a house.

Each agency has slightly different criteria and limits but the process for setting rents is roughly the same and has 2 components. 1) The tenant voucher is based on the tenant’s specific finances and number of people within the family unit.  

My immediate area, 5200 people, has 3 outdoor self storage and 1 new climate controlled.

This is not my area of expertise, so wise people on this website will likely tell me not to venture into this!  

Ok so a diff path then my previous post.I also wanted to invest in real estate but just assume( and bet is probably true) that most of the people that find truly good investments have  either or all of the following the most "average joes" don't:1.