by Mark Helm | Jun 26, 2020 | Self Storage Management
Let’s talk about online marketing for a self-storage facility. Let me start by saying I am not an “expert” in online marketing for self-storage facilities. But I have never worked with an “expert” that has generated any results period,...
by Mark Helm | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week it is hard for me to talk about self-storage and ignore what is going on in the country at the moment. So, let’s talk about it. I am not sure when you see this, but at the moment we are slowly coming out of quarantine from COVID-19 (still no vaccine), and...
by Mark Helm | Jun 12, 2020 | Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management
As a real estate professional and a self storage owner/operator, I am now clear on two things that have emerged from the COVID-19: The office sector will never be the same. Self storage can be leased with minimal customer interaction. Office I am clear that as the...
by Mark Helm | Jun 5, 2020 | Self Storage Business Planning
In this age of increased self storage per capita in many submarkets across the nation, boat and RV parking may be a way to enter or expand. I have been hesitant to embrace this method and have fallen back on it when necessary. We had a two-building conversion project...
by Mark Helm | May 29, 2020 | Build Self Storage
I’ll admit it. I have never been a big fan of container self storage, or temporary storage. At best, I thought we could perhaps use it to plug up a few holes we may have in our facilities and maximize our income. When I first looked (a number of years ago I admit),...
