Basic stuff you should have, good simple tool belt, 2 good pencils, 16oz claw hammer, 2 flat tip and 2 Philips screw drivers (lots of things you can do and get done before messing with power drivers)  16'+ steel case tape, retractable utility knife with blades, 2 1/2" putty knife. small nail bar, small mag light, safety glasses, steel toed shoes/boots with thick soles to bend nails over instead of sinking them in your foot.

In our area storage has almost 0 vacancy year round.   

Also, all of the other neighbors on the block have a 4-5 car indoor garage (separate units like a storage unit) that is tucked away on the back of the yard in front of the alley.  

I will simply say, that if I were in your shoes with the details you have provided, what I would do.

Put yourself in the shoes of someone who has just made a bunch of money, whether you're living in China, or Russia, or Brazil or even India.

If you don't have a table to serve 10-12, then show a storage space with portable table and chairs and linens for when large groups stay.  

*Give them information about local self storage facilities.

Then I would tell him about your own situation what you are doing currently and what he would do if he were in your shoes.

However, the upside is that I don't have to worry about people walking around on the hardwood floors with sand on their shoes, because the people want to come back the next year.Anyway, basically I started out as an owner occupant and I am making the transition to full time vacation rental.

On one side is a slightly busy street, and the other side is a storage facility.