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Three Steps to Growing Your Self Storage Business

Three Steps to Growing Your Self Storage Business

by Mark Helm | Nov 13, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

I was recently attending a virtual (obviously written in 2020) Business Summit meeting, and one of the sessions was entitled How To grow Your Business. I can insert “self storage” into that, and everything remains exactly the same. My observations about people have...

A Cautionary Tale About Self Storage Development

A Cautionary Tale About Self Storage Development

by Mark Helm | Nov 6, 2020 | Building, Expansions & Conversions

It can sometimes seem hard to get in the self storage business or to get your next self storage project today with prices being what they are now. People new to the space will often review countless for-sale projects, scratch their heads, and wonder, “How does anyone...

Don’t Be Afraid of All the New Money Flowing Into the Self Storage Space

Don’t Be Afraid of All the New Money Flowing Into the Self Storage Space

by Mark Helm | Oct 30, 2020 | Market Trends & Outlook

Just go to the Inside Self Storage new website, or go to the Radius Plus home page, and look at the headlines. Here are some headlines the day I write this: Argus Affiliate Brokers Announce Sale Of Multiple Georgia Self Storage Facilities. Southeast Florida Storage...

The World Of Self Storage Feasibility Reports Today

The World Of Self Storage Feasibility Reports Today

by Mark Helm | Oct 23, 2020 | Site Selection & Feasibility

Here is a recent article I wrote for Inside Self Storage. If there was a self storage soapbox, and I was standing on it, what you would have heard me say over the past few years was “get a feasibility report!” This statement rings louder than ever with so much new...

How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 6)

How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 6)

by Mark Helm | Oct 16, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

We have been exploring the current challenges our self storage company is focused on to keep our self storage companies going strong over the next year or so. Let’s complete this series. If you want to, you can review Episodes 263,264, 265 , 266 ,267 here. As a...

How to Win In The Self Storage Business 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 5)

How to Win In The Self Storage Business 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 5)

by Mark Helm | Oct 2, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

We are in the fifth episode of a series, discussing the current challenges our company is focused on to keep our self storage facilities going strong over the next year or so. If you want to, you can review Episodes 263,264, 265 & 266 here. As a review, I laid out...

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 4)

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 4)

by Mark Helm | Sep 25, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

We are in the third episode of a series, discussing the second current challenges our self storage company is focused on to keep our self storage companies going strong over the next year or so. If you want to, you can review Episodes 263,264, & 265 here. As a...

How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 3)

How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 3)

by Mark Helm | Sep 18, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

We are now in the third episode of the series. We're discussing the current challenges our self storage company. We're focused on keeping our self storage companies going strong over the next year or so. If you want to, you can review Episodes 263 here & Episode...

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 2)

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 2)

by Mark Helm | Sep 11, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

We started a series last week looking at the current challenges we are in and what I think as owners we should be focused on to help keep our self storage companies going strong over the next year or so. I laid out five things we are focused on: Effective &...

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 1)

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 1)

by Mark Helm | Sep 4, 2020 | Strategy & Planning

The self storage industry is in uncharted territory as an industry. It will be very interesting to see how things turn out for us. We continue to be one of the shining stars in investment real estate, but nothing guarantees things will continue to be the case. As a...

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