@Larry Smet    I know I did I was going to make another post and mention that but forgot toI owned a couple place's in Kelowna BC and love it up there and when I am in the desert I see many BC and especially Alberta plates I almost bought development in fort MacMurray about 12 years ago.  

Soap Box ONOver time, most activities (e.g. businesses, sports, personal relationships, etc.) where judgement is involved, develop 'rules of thumb', 'short cuts', 'approximations', etc. which allow you to make 'quicker' decisions at the expense of less certainty; they will be wrong some of the time.

I have an investor/developer that I work with on projects.

If anyone else has been down this road (newbie venturing into a self-storage development project), I'd welcome any insight or recommendations!!!

I think at that price point I can narrow down to what development you bought in down to 2 or 3 locations.

If so what are the advantages of a developer using this particular stratgey.

I'm also doing deals in SL and Utah counties (wholesale, rehab, and some development).

If anyone has a contact for an knowledgeable realtor with experience in development of raw land in the Kailua Kona area of the big island of Hawaii.

The more QUALITY leads you develop, the more "Yesses" you'll get and the more transactions you'll close.

In time you will develop a feel for costs but to start out you should probably not consider anything too complex and be careful whom you hire to do the work.