Given your stage of life, this could be challenging but worthwhile if you’re confident in handling the stretch.Sell, and reinvest in cash-flow rentals: Using part of the equity to generate cash flow with out-of-state rentals could create a retirement income stream now while still capturing SoCal appreciation.

i doubt you will be able to generate enough commissions from "investor" transactions, especially early on. 

You don't think I'd take the time to post on here over 27,000 times if I wasn't generating revenue do you? 

With the sale leaseback ensuring income immediately, plus your plan to generate additional NOI through the storage yard or expansion, the numbers look strong.

Personally, I have found occasional private lending to be a good networking tool and lead generator for what I'm really looking for - properties I can develop. 

and think about what it means to put a down payment into a property.with that said, there are of course still niches and strategies that generate more cash flow. 

All units are currently leased, generating a monthly gross income of $7,200 ($900 per unit).

How much IRR do you expect certain improvements to generate?

Then walk away.Focus on lead generation—true motivated seller lead generation.

We are planning to finance with a second mortgage and will use the property on occasion but would also like to generate an income and/or offset the mortgage.