Your best route might be to buy a 2 to 4 unit property that you can live in and rent out the additional apartments.

So additionally, that there's only 30 days to close and it eats up time for an inspector to schedule time to come.Do you allow inspections of your contracts?

For payments, tools like Stripe, PayPal, or booking software like OwnerRez work well.Happy to connect if you’d like to chat more or need additional tips!

Additionally, since my parents are nearing the retirement age, I'd like to prioritize low-debt, high-cashflow deals.

In 30 years the balloon payment is due to the seller and that's when the taxes are due.Coupling a monetization loan to an installment sale accomplishes the same thing but puts cash in the sellers hands that can be re-invested.

Does anyone know a property manager that supports small self-storage rentals in addition to residential rentals?

Since seller-paid fees usually cover their services, you get local expertise without additional expenses.Final ThoughtsLive where you like, but invest where you can achieve financial freedom.Out-of-state investing has proved to present excellent opportunities.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

The PMS around here are pretty terrible, I've worked with a lot of the larger ones in Cleveland and I think they just take on more properties than they can effectively handle and don't hire enough additional employees to make it work. 

I'm looking to have my property rezoned as well and I'm wondering if you were able to accomplish yours?