Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

AI in Action: How I’m Using It Right Now to Move Through Self-Storage Due Diligence

by Mark Helm | Jul 10, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

We all know how AI is changing the self-storage landscape. Others smarter than me have talked about using chatbots for storage answering services, AI in revenue management and tenant data analysis (determining which tenants can pay what rate based on behavior), and...

Five Lessons About Business I’ve Learned After 40 Years

by Mark Helm | Jun 26, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

After over forty years in real estate and the self-storage business, I have learned a few things about business that I am sharing as I hover around this 500-episode mark. I guess we could call these episodes “What I’ve Learned About Wealth, Business, and Life.”...

Five Things I Have Learned About Creating Wealth

by Mark Helm | Jun 19, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

As I hover around the 500-episode area, I am becoming more philosophical and want to share some insights I have had over the last ten years or so in the storage business. I’ve talked about the five biggest mistakes I have made in my career and the five decisions I...

Five Decisions I Made That Created My First Million Dollars of Wealth

by Mark Helm | Jun 12, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

Here I am at Episode 500. It has taken me about 550 weeks to get to this episode, but nonetheless we are here. On one level, it means nothing really, but on another, it shows I can stick to something for a long time and/or you can hang in there with me no matter how...

The Five Biggest Mistakes I’ve Made Over My 31 Years In The Self-Storage Industry

by Mark Helm | Jun 5, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

As I approach Episode 500, I have been thinking a lot about the self-storage business and my thirty-one years in and around the business. I was thinking about what I could share that would be helpful. I had two startling insights. The first was that what would be most...