There are SBA lenders who do that for self storage buyers, if the buyer is without experience.

It's my opinion that you most have storage for tenant's stuff and any money spent on landscaping is wasted unless your target tenant is class A.Must be nice to have the luxury of waiting until you look at a second property to make the offer on the first.

Plus I pay him $150 for basic maintenance (grass cutting 5 mo of the yr, snow shovelling walkways 3-7x a yr, light hallway cleaning, occasionally helps w/ lockouts, takes the garbages out on the correct days, etc.).In addition, as the building Super he keeps his tools in the basement and I give him some additional storage down there.

Quick tip - put a drop of food colouring in the the toilet's tank and see if the colour comes through to the bowl after 30min.

They're all 1 bedroom so I can join 2 together...or can I just say one unit is storage?  

I would have basically been able to ride the Melt down with ease.Our cash flow ( supposedly properties ) tanked.  

If the market for home sales tanks the PM business should increase to some degree.

Barring a dramatic spike in homelessness or the overall economy (not just real estate) tanking; wouldn't you have to think that there will be either an increasing demand for rentals or an increasing demand for ownership, or perhaps even both?

The cost of tank and labor amounted to $800.  

Is the tenant going to be taking the storage unit with them when they move out?