@Rebekah Noriega I agree with Sultan that each funding route has it's issues - for 401K, if you're tapping it before you or your husband are 59 1/2 you'll incur a 10% penalty unless you meet some very specific criteria.

Is there a market for MTR or are LTR the route to success?

It might be hard to guess at this in a forum setting but if you are being required to have a downpayment then either the deal is not structured correctly, the lender isn't the type of lender we want to work with, or you are paying too much for the deal.Now, if you are coming out of pocket $5k...that's fine.  

I have a hunch that the best route for me to take is to partner with some self storage development experience....If you've done a JV how did you find your partner? 

I have decided to try the cash flow route and hope to own a few in the future .

I’d love to hear your experiences—especially if you’ve gone this route yourself.

So, if you fail to apply the correct assumptions to a property, your expectations won’t be met and it may even be a financial disaster.We use the following to rank Property Classes, in order of importance: Property Tenant Pool: closely linked to location, but not always.

Just wanted to give context.If you go the VA route (thank you for your service), both of you need to be Veterans.

I'd rather not take the legal route but need some commitment that they'll pay the outstanding amount shortly. 

Say you wanna be a real estate investor, In a typical purchase:Let's assume you follow the normal financing route, you want to buy a $400,000 property so you need 20% (or $80,000) for the down payment.