If the value of the dollar starts falling rapidly within a few short years to 50% compared to what it is now, the borrower wins big time since you still have the same nominal dollar value of the debt and monthly payment, but it’s now worth so much less in the inflated money.

what's really going on, for at least 90% of that $20k delta, is just overall market movement.

Only real way to do it is to look at comparables....but those are hard to come buy given the highly LOCAL nature of storage...ie- you can't take one from too far away and rarely do multiple sell close enough to one another to be overly revealing. 

ABoR says home sales in the region slid 12.1 percent last month compared with October 2020.

Start with an agent get CMA or even BPO then compare that with your own comps you pull from zillow/redfin.

Efficiency rating is an important consideration when choosing/comparing models.

Sure, people come and go and property prices go up and down but nothing compares to California.

Many investors prefer real estate due to high returns compared to other investments.

Does anyone know how online title companies compare with brick & mortar title companies?

It's comparatively underpriced and you can do a search on Airbnb to compare vacation rents in that area.