This applies to attorneys, bankers, CPAs, contractors, property managers, etc.If you are planning on scaling the one entity I end up recommending to CA residents/investors is the Delaware Statutory Trust.

If it wasn’t for the fact that I want to be able to scale my business I would only except cash years checks or money orders   

In addition to Hudson Heritage there is Bellefield in Hyde Park, https://bellefieldhydepark.com  Both of these large scale developments will be a benefit to the area.  

If you are trying to scale up and get more and more properties than shorter term, higher payments can hurt you.

Many people like to move up in scale to paid marketing.

Is there any flaw in this strategy (other than speed of scale?) 

@Omar Abdelbadie In my experience, the investors I work with that have automated or unattended stores have more than one location, seems to be an economies of scale type thing.If you do go with fully self-serve you'll need to invest into security and put time into teaching the attendants.

Its also not sustainable if you want to scale and want to become an investorWhen picking contractors dont always pick the cheapest guy and pay attention to everything.

Think it will take some time to achieve the critical mass needed to scale.

Some projects scale pretty well if your family is looking to pitch in.