@Aviv Berkovitch I personally haven’t invested in any property in Raleigh but I drive around delivering food quite a bit and I’ve noticed the Briar Creek area growing rapidly.

I’m not rich, but I have enough to do about 3 or 4 solid loans at at time.

started in Baltimore over 40 years ago, have a large portfolio of houses and commercial, bars, pizza place and  FOOD Market.at 78 years old now, all I want is to get in and get out with cash or equity, I do not buy anymore I only auction and do assignments, did just under $8mm in past two years.I like fast turn over real estate.

Just food for thought.Still reading other posts.

I was just introduced to the world of real estate investing ,like so many of us, after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad in a book club this past December 2018.

We have seen tenants claim that when the Refridgerator went out they had lobster or other really expensive food.

Why would the rich invest here instead of OOS?

And also, rats are easy to deal with: they live where they like it - take away the habitat and their food source, they will leave. 

Unless you have a lot of money saved up or a rich uncle dying to go into business with you, you will have to borrow a LOT of money.Also, self-storage is commercial real estate. 

On the other hand, the cost of food — groceries and supermarkets — increased 0.4% last month.