You also will not likely get away with replacing rooms of carpet or certain other depreciated assets unless you can produce records showing they are less than 5 years old.Items we add to tenant restrictions are 1) no outside storage (or under house, attic, as appropriate); 2) no window AC without approval (to ensure proper installation that will not damage the property or create hazard); 3) Quiet Hours 10 PM - 8 AM Daily;   4) All vehicles must be currently licensed, insured, and operable; 5) if tenant responsible for yard service, must be maintained at least every 15 days; 6) Assistance Animal Policy (attached as addendum to rental agreement).

Then, add to your agreement that no storage is allowed under the house.

Buying an additional multi family Buying a storage unit facility with a family memberBrrrr a property I know all of these methods can be great wealth builders but I was wondering what will be the best next step to pursing my long term goal. 

If Tenant does not want to accept responsibility, Tenant may use their own washer/dryer and will move Landlord's appliances to another area of the property for safe storage."

But if you do that the right way then there is a big fat paper trail to the mortgage fraud.  

Ready to start buying (buy and hold strategy - SFH, Duplexes, Quads, Storage Facilities, Trailer Parks, small Apartment Communities) and meeting with mortgage broker next week. 

Storage facilities and mobile home parks seem to have the most action. 

I would plan to build some needed storage (not self-storage) buildings for my personal use.In reviewing the easement agreement it appears that one of the earlier landowners must have sold the lease for a flat fee back in 1998.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

I buy 5-year-guaranteed-storage 9-volt batteries from Amazon for smoke detectors and AA batteries from the same source for CO detectors.