Lets see: 35 cars @ $50/month x 12 mos = $21,000 per year
That's enough cash flow to pay a $250,000 25-year mortgage at 7%. Why don't
you just buy a lot and build your own 5,000 sq ft building? Then at least
they're all in one place. And you own the building after 25 years.
Robert
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> From: Daniel Davids <ddavids@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] Secrets to Cheap Storage
> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 12:17 PM
>
> Speaking of storage, isn't this just the biggest headache of all? Arrrrgh.
> I mean, I would much rather spend hours solving a nasty intermittent
> engine problem than months juggling cars around among my garage, my
mother's
> garage, my airplane hangar, friend's houses, the garage at work (at one
time
> I had 5 cars under different buildings) and other creative hideaways.
> The hands-down cheapest, secure solution I have found is hangars.
> I can get it down to average around $50 per month per car by really packing
> them in (forget driving the ones in the back). Of course it's not heated,
> and things get pretty dusty when the wind blows.
>
> What I'd like to know is: does anyone else on the list have a better idea
> for storage in a semi-urban area? I've even been pencilling out what the
> costs would be to build my own small warehouse. Maybe some of the expense
> could be abated by building more than I need and renting out the rest?
> I've also been shopping warehouse space to rent, but they're all basically
> set up for businesses (office space, power, bathrooms, high ceilings, etc),
> so they're really too feature-rich for simple car storage. Oh, and the
> Public Storage kinda places (Shurgard, etc.) are way too expensive (around
> $200 per month for a 10 x 20 unit).
>
> Until I come up with something better, hangars are my strategy.
> Any better ideas out there...?
>
> Dan Davids
> Seattle
>
> Somewhere between 30 and 40 cars. My fear is that when I left work, I
forgot
> one under a building and it's long gone now. Could'a happened, actually.
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