Doing things the same way every time reduces the risk of future problems due to fair housing laws.Regarding storage of sensitive information, yes you have some liability.

My experience - lending on multifamily, mixed use, office, industrial, retail, self storage and other  properties having $5million- $500 million values. 

There may be a loan on the car and, just like equity in real property, you may acquire title by way of storage fees and lien sale, however it may also mean that the loan remains.

I feel like I will lose less clients than I would if I were buying an apartment complex because it is a storage unit.

2) Concerning foreclosures, as a secondary business in my corp, if I were able to get a contract from a mortgage company to subcontract people to clean/landscape their properties as needed, could this feasibly help me with foreclosure/preforeclosure deals?  

Honestly I would be willing to temp them indefinitely if you have the storage.

Just seeing the cost of huge storage structures made of steel made me curious. 

Cap rates are also different as being acceptable by an investor of larger multi family as opposed to smaller 5-10 types primarily from effects of early depreciation.As to specialty areas,  I haven't seen Joel's concern as to multi family as much in business and RE, office-warehouse, warehouse, storage facilities, general office are not difficult, I'd rather see an appraiser admit they don't do agriculture, industrial, hotel-motel-hospitality appraisals than attempt to and screw it up costing a few grand.

10K a month in income, in 6 years, is feasible.  10K a month in passive income, in 6 years, is very ambitious.

Is it feasible to still get the bank to settle on a short sale offer?