By having the money up front it will be very easy to buy properties.  

Interestingly today I was at an open house and someone told me the way they do it is by developing a close relationship with the owner, even renting a room in the house for themselves, and managing the STR, spitting the profits. 

Lessons learned: 1) Do a more thorough tour of house before purchasing 2) Have more money saved Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

If you don't have any entitlement remaining, you still have options for a VA loan, though they are less attractive.Beyond that, there are still other ways to get into another place for either low or no money down. 

They will go down sooner or later, and if deals work at the current cost of capital, then they will look even better when rates drop.Maybe it's time to evaluate other markets?

That should smell like money. 

Yes you can buy properties extremely cheap there but the flipside is that once yoI've rehabbed them, recouping your rehab and purchase money will prove difficult because of the low property values .  

This way i can put more money into the kitchen and bathrooms that will increase my property value.Hoping for some additional thoughts.

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We like self-storage because even if there is a recession, and people downsize, those people will have a need for self-storage, as evidenced by storage occupancy rates during past recessions.