Welcome Scott! Self-storage is an interesting lane — most people here are chasing houses, so I'm curious about this one. Makes sense you're targeting the Southeast (FL, GA, NC, SC) even though you're based in SoCal. Are you mainly looking at smaller mom-and-pop facilities, where the owner might be ready to retire or sell, rather than the big branded ones? I'm still learning myself - mostly on the lead/list side so far. How are you planning to find those facility owners, direct outreach to them?

@Ty Flip Man Straight with you, no calls yet. The lead side I know, I can get the leads. What's left for me is judging a good deal from a bad one, contracts, and dispositions and I won't outreach anyone until I've got that full picture. For now I'll just work through the course in the Classroom and learn it properly.

I want to be honest with you about your question. The one thing between me and my first offer is the calls themselves. I'm outside the US, so calling sellers isn't free for me — I'd need a calling service with a US number, and that's $20-30 a month. Right now everything I earn goes to supporting my family, so I can't take that on yet, and I don't want to promise you calls I'm not able to make. What I can do in the meantime, I'm doing: start the free Classroom videos, learn how to land on a number properly, and get my Wayne County code-violation list ready — so when I can cover the calling cost, I'm not starting from zero, I can start calling in week one. If you were in my position for this phase, is there anything else you'd focus on while the calls have to wait?

this is one I've been trying to understand too, because on-market deals look easier to find than off-market. From what I'm learning so far, the assignment part has to be clear from the start, not hidden in the contract hoping the agent doesn't notice. If they find out later, the deal dies anyway. What seems to matter most to agents is whether the end buyer is real, can close on time, and has proof of funds / earnest money. I think disposition is the hard part here too. If it's been sitting on Zillow for everyone to see, an investor will only take it if your contract price is low enough that the numbers still work after your fee, otherwise they'll ask why they didn't just buy it direct. Just try on Facebook investor groups, discord real estate servers, and maybe some wholesaler websites within your area. happy to help more if needed.