by Mark Helm | Jul 29, 2022 | Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Management
If you do it right in your self storage facility, you can create a lot of additional income and value for yourself by having the right additional sources of revenue. Even in managerless, automated projects, one can create a high percentage of additional revenue. But...
by Mark Helm | Jul 22, 2022 | Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Financing
Will Rising Interest Rates Cool Off Self Storage Market? Or at least the acquisition side of it? In my opinion, that wouldn’t be all bad. But I have my doubts. Yes, yield curve inversion, a classic recession indicator, fired up in early July, but other “recessionary”...
by Mark Helm | Jul 15, 2022 | Self Storage Management
Jonathan, the person who works with me on providing the content I produce supporting small investors getting in, or growing their self storage business, suggested I consider writing something on security options for people building or rehabbing a facility. It always...
by Mark Helm | Jul 8, 2022 | Buy Self Storage
This self storage episode will be short but could be worth, let’s say, $40,000 of value. Perhaps worth reading. I am talking about a way to increase retail sales. No matter where we are in retail sales in any given facility, we always look to improve it. This amount...
by Mark Helm | Jul 1, 2022 | Buy Self Storage
I was reminded by a friend and someone I have been working with for a number of years just how naive I was four or five years ago about the self storage industry. I remember writing and saying, “With all the data and technology available today, there is no need for...
