And yeah Marquette, MI is an appreciating market and a college town where everyone complains about increasing rents (and their bad landlords).Hopefully I can still find a few properties that can cash flow anything, no matter how small, with zero down but I'll have to see if they'll pass VA inspection too.

Multifamily is the most common one, but some groups also do self-storage facilities, student housing, commercial properties, and others.3. 

In Illinois and especially the city of Chicago, getting rid of a tenant is not easy as some previous posters must believe.

How long have you been investing in storage?

If the numbers aren't there yet, I'd suggest focus on growing your income, look into house hacking as previously suggested, or consider partnering with other investors who can qualify for the loans.

I think most of the students at those two colleges are commuters anyhow.

As @Patrick Drury mentioned- the West Side does not have any POS areas (besides Lakewood, but it's only needed for previously non-owner occupied/rental properties) Something else to consider in Cleveland proper is Lead Safe Testing ..

I was hoping to get some feed back from my experienced colleges.

Allen, you mentioned your kids going to college.

I haven’t used them yet but Universal Settlement Services is an investor friendly title company in the state college/altoona area.