I can only assume that the article is referring to a European or Asian company then.Most stocks are moving independent of underlying fundamentals at this point in time, so I wouldn't get too attached to anything with a high-yield, real estate, utilities, etc. that become potential short-term safe havens, only for funds to later churn out of them as the dust settles.If your belief remains that people will continue to downsize and/or be unwilling to part with belongings, then self-storage would certainly support that belief. 

This would allow me to still invest in real estate as well as numerous other areas while doing it all within a tax-advantaged account, likely with more liquidity and the ability to withdraw my initial contributions without being penalized if I ever found myself in a pinch.

@James Debenham so there's a happy medium between an expensive broker with more than it sounds like you need and a no commission split broker with no support.  

There are numerous sites that can help systematize the process such as appfolio, cozy, buildium and rent manager.  

Local governments are projecting a 20% to 40% reduction in revenues needed to support critical municipal services and to support public safety, among other things.

Everyone has a different plan for how to build their business and that may change for you and it may not, but I would imagine people here would be pretty supportive overall as long as your model is working. 

We like it because of a few reasons: it has a robust expense management which makes it easier to track expenses and capture receipts with your phone, supports next day payments so when my tenants send a payment i get it in my bank account within 1 business day, but most of all, it is a dedicated mobile app. 

We have a simple W2 and single rental so that's what I was leaning towards as well, the Turbotax route, but wanted to make sure i am not missing something major here.I did some quick googling and it looks like Turbotax and H&R Block software both support depreciation out of the box.

Figure the hype is way overplayed and this is the time to show some support for the country in stock purchase.

There has to be numerous small banks in town.