A good rule-of-thumb is to stick to where job growth is increasing & the birth rate is higher. https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/16390/U-Haul-Announces-Top-25-Us-Growth-Cities-For-2018/

Be sure to look up consulting firms that specialize in demographic analysis for self storage.

My question is, will me signing with this Brokerage firm prevent me from also continuing on in my own personal business that I started a year ago doing wholesale and flips?

I am currently a Project Manager for a Construction Firm in the Great Baltimore Area.

You interface with your local; your local interfaces with OOS firms (like GC/Sub relationship). 

I prefer the buy and hold strategy because i am in the game for the long haul and I love the cashflow it provides.

Markets that appreciate will yield more return in the long haul due to rent/market appreciation.

Returns are typical of the stock market (6-8 percent annual return) over the long haul.

I had never heard of cost segregation until my accountant recommended it to me and I hired a firm to do it, now I've done several.

I also have a thing for Home staging and felt it would go hand in hand along with my Realtors license and I really need to hang up my license with a firm before I lose it🙁any suggestions anyone?