Re: [FWDLK] Secrets to Cheap Storage

["Scott H" <kneedrager@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At that rate add what you already pay for a home mortgage and buy a really
nice place with really nice storage.

Scott


> From: Robert Bishop <bishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Robert Bishop <bishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Secrets to Cheap Storage
> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:07:53 -0800
>
> 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
> ----------
> > 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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