by Mark Helm | Sep 11, 2020 | Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Management
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 &...
by Mark Helm | Sep 4, 2020 | Buy Self Storage
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...
by Mark Helm | Aug 28, 2020 | Build Self Storage, Financial Analysis of Self Storage, Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Financing
No doubt about it, 2020 is a year of totally new territory for the self storage industry, and that goes for self storage lending as well. We are currently working on three loans, getting ready to close on them, and it has been a journey. CMBS We are not doing any CMBS...
by Mark Helm | Aug 21, 2020 | Self Storage Management
I have said it in other episodes, but the fortune-tellers of today are the ones who “interrupt data.” I could get the “data” to predict virtually any outcome I want. But with all this data flying around, it is hard not to predict what is coming...
by Mark Helm | Aug 14, 2020 | Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management
I get tired of hearing about the “new reality” we are in due to COVID-19. I am sure many of you do too. However, in the world of self storage, as we try to figure out what works and does not work, let’s stay on the subject a little longer. What we did in 2019 to fill...
