i'm amazed also at what people store In these things. it's not cheap. our 10x20's are $95/month & our 10x10's are $65/month. a lot of people store complete crap & waste tons of money doing so but hey - who am I to judge? i'll be happy to take their money & provide them with a service they need.
those interested in doing something like this should know that we went with a Wisconsin company - Trachte Buildings. they are a solid steel building - not one bit of wood involved in the construction. each building comes as sort of a kit with thousands of bolts, nuts, screws, panels, steel walls, etc... they were about middle of the road expense-wise. we're so far very happy with the quality of the product. we've probably spent upwards of $95,000 on prepping the property, the concrete, a huge retaining wall, & miscellaneous construction costs. our plan is to put everything we make to pay the commercial loan off - we're hoping to do so in 7 years. from there on, it'll be a nice retirement for us in addition to my farmland I cash rent. when we no longer need the income, the profits will be given to our boys. my parents always told us that they want to see us enjoy whatever money they are able to gift us while they're alive & we plan to do the same with our kids.