If it is owner occupied I be sure to let them know that we provide moving services and or assistance with storage at no additional cost.Key is to listen if they want to talk. 

We are hoping to use them as collateral OR cash equity when we go on to our next investment (RV and boat storage). 

So with a $100 shoe string budget to start in NJ how can you go contract without earnest money?

Purchase price: $275,000 Cash invested: $120,000 22 storage units and 1 apartment.

In addition, there will be 10 five- and six-unit garages available for parking cars and storage"This is going to be very close to the previously built high-end Marden Ridge apartments and the brand new hospital campus opened in 2017, both mentioned in my initial post. 

My job is stable and I have growth ahead of me but may also want to utilize my masters degree and branch off on my own - I've done a fair bit of ready on LLCs, Note Investing, and commercial RE/self-storage.

I'm not sure what a LUST costs to repair:  Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Corrective Action Resources

The area is in need of retail, grocery, car wash, storage facility. 

As a backup, my parents have offered use of their RV if things get unlivable for a period of time (win-win since they won’t have to pay for storage). 

There also is an accessible basement that is currently not used - so there is an opportunity to add tenant storage and coin-operated laundry.