I have looked into doing an offshore sale in international waters to avoid CA tax, but if I take the boat up north I will be paying essentially the same amount of taxes once I get to Seattle.

Conventional conforming stuff, FNMA 30YF: This is your bread and butter cashflow rental property product line.

I couldn’t just transfer money between my accounts but has to make international wires.

A few day layovers due to weather not allowing stuff to dry or your guy had a flat tire on his van, fine, don't care.

I’ve read constantly for nearly a year, listened to podcasts and cruised forums to use this brain as a sponge as I got my stuff together, in what’s about to be my first real estate rental property purchase.

I recommend you start with the older articles first as they focus more exclusively on nuts and bolts storage stuff: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3915-all-things-self-storage

Probably more like $30-50k or more to do stuff right such as: replace roof, repair foundation, replace water piping, put a new panel in.

Homeownership may be one step closer than you think if you spend your dollars wisely this year.Based on data released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Americans can expect an estimated average refund of $2,962 when filing their taxes this year.According to programs from the Federal Housing Authority, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae, many first-time buyers can purchase a home with as little as 3% down.

That may be what it takes to stop having your interns, new hires,etc call me!

Northshore in the Mandeville area is tough because there is so much nice new stuff coming online.