But if you have a storage system, and separate your purchases into piles by the month that you purchased it, and hold onto those products for at least one year before donating them, they become long term capital gains items and you can donate them for fair market value, which is the full $1000 plus one years worth of inflation. 

If I build it would be very small and I would need to treat down a big storage shed.

PICK UP LABOR$17,000.00$2,040.00$19,040.00JOB TOILET$1,200.00$144.00$1,344.00ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING$41,525.62$4,983.07$46,508.69RENTALS$10,000.00$1,200.00$11,200.00TRAILER/STORAGE/SECURITY $0.00$0.00TRASH ENCLOSURE $0.00$0.00SURVEYING$3,000.00$360.00$3,360.00SUPERVISION - 12 MTHS$56,000.00$6,720.00$62,720.00FIRE INSURANCE$1,500.00$180.00$1,680.00LIABILITY INSURANCE$15,000.00$1,800.00$16,800.00FIRE ALARM$5,000.00$600.00$5,600.00SUBDIVISION 10 lots$5,000.00$600.00$5,600.00CONTINGENCY 5% PROFIT AND OVERHEAD$146,572.13$17,588.66$164,160.79TOTAL$1,870,950.18$224,514.02$2,095,464.21$150.06 @Greg Dickersonundefined

I personally invest in self storage, rentals, and have a day job and with all of those sources of income I dollar cost average into ETF's and mutual funds (along with reinvesting into those businesses).

New landlord would not agree to STR.He now has 13 couches, 13 TVs, 13 of everything that he has to put into storage and pay a ridiculous amount to have it moved.It's not investing, this is no different than leasing a car and renting it on Turo.If you have a couple of grand saved for arbitrage, just save longer and get a multifamily property on FHA.

I added coin operated laundry, rent my garage spaces at $125 per door, $25 per basement storage etc. maximize your square footage whenever possible. 4 units are nice as the city takes care of the trash as it’s included, anything larger than that you will need to rent a dumpster.

Maybe I should get him a gift card for public storage?

Looks like it has a 3rd stall for possible storage of maintenance equipment. 

There is a growing appetite to spurn the ‘McMansion’ and embrace tiny homes.It’s big news when someone converts an old metal storage container into an efficiency dwelling.

And the savings was there when I finally got a good price for a new fence, found an end of season deal on a new storage shed and was helpful when a sick relative needed some assistance.