Also, normally for an FHA loan you need to put up at least a 3.5% downpayment.Damian

Normally meets on a Thursday night at the Holiday Inn more or less at Preston and LBJ. 

I'm normally a house flipper but I've been looking to jump into the commercial game for quite some time now and self-storage was my target asset class since before I even started looking into flipping houses.

The ones outside of Atlanta meet less frequently, and at hours when I"m not normally available. 

If I was the seller I know I would.You’re trying to buy an “investment” but acting as a normal owner occupant.

Now both of those lines have been combined into one (philly has combined wastewater system so this is normal).Well I decided to poke around behind the finished basement walls with a handy handheld inspection camera.

If you look at the house as a nice place to live which satisfies the 3 Ls (location, layout, lifestyle), then paying ~$500/m is awesome!

To my thinking, if you're in the right neighborhood and can Airbnb or short-term rent that unit for 2x normal rent, that could make sense.

I asked to terminate the contract and although they apologize for the very poor communication, they are sticking to the term of the contract that states they get a half months rent for termination within a year... is this normal?

Any "as-is" reference would normally relate to the physical condition of the property itself - NOT to any taxes, liens or mortgage(s) against the property.