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Hello BP,My family owns and operates a successful trucking company. We found a great piece of property with the proper zoning for our business and need some financial guidance. There is a huge demand here on Long Is...
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Currently, I have 7,000 sq. ft. of unused and unrented basement space. It is in the heart of downtown of a smaller (14,000) city. I am brainstorming on what I could use it for.
The building is zoned for commercial an...
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I have a property under contract in a rural area of Michigan. The insurance quotes are literally 6x the normal cost of a building of similar size. This is due to the property's proximity to a fire station (7 miles) an...
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When a cleaner talks, I listen!I recently had a cleaner give me feedback about how we could improve our turnover process!Improving how we store “extra stuff” was a critical piece of feedback$429 for the shed$100 in su...
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After doing a few BRRR and flip deals, our business is looking into buying a long-term parking lot and turning it into an outside self-storage lot targeting RVs, boats, trailers, and cars. We have one lot in mind that...
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So I have a line on a property that is zoned mix use Residential on top and commercial on the bottom. Upstairs is 5 1 bedroom apartments ,currently rented, that the plan is to convert to Short term rentals, as the ...
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I'm looking at an eight unit apartment with a detached 36x48 warehouse/shop. It has power, water, cable and telephone. There is a bathroom with a utility sink in the rear corners. There is one garage door now but i...
Hey all,My day job is as a listing agent for a brokerage of self storage on the East coast. The problem that I have right now is identifying the owners for self storage facilities in an efficient way. Our mailers to f...
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I've decided to get us out of residential property. Its just not going to get us where we want to be in the next 10 years. We have about 600-700k ready in cash for a storage unit facility and would consider buying any...
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Response to a person about to build in Louisiana, on how to navigate Fire Marshal items.Actually being from Northwest Louisiana, the way to navigate the Louisiana Fire Marshal is to give them a Fifth of Whiskey and a ...