Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

The One Habit I Wish I Had Started Early in My Career

by Mark Helm | Aug 7, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

I have made a lot of mistakes over my business career and done a few things right. Fortunately, it only takes a few good decisions and some grace from the universe to be successful. But if there is one lesson I wish I had learned early in my career, it is this: Always...

Why the Smaller Investor Can Win in Today’s Self-Storage Market

by Mark Helm | Jul 31, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

Nothing in the universe ever remains constant. Everything is always in constant motion. From the subatomic level all the way to the entire universe itself, everything is in constant motion. This includes the self-storage industry. It is evolving and changing fast. As...

The First-Call Offer: A Different Approach to Finding Off-Market Self-Storage Deals

by Mark Helm | Jul 24, 2026 | Buy Self Storage

It has gotten to the point that I almost don’t pay attention to listed self-storage properties anymore. Not quite, but I notice when specific companies’ listings show up in my inbox, I delete them automatically because I know they will be so overpriced for our goals,...

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.”...