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Don’t Panic…Here is What To Do When A New Self Storage Facility Opens in Your Submarket

Don’t Panic…Here is What To Do When A New Self Storage Facility Opens in Your Submarket

by Mark Helm | Nov 5, 2017 | Marketing & Customers

Here are action steps to take when a new large self storage competitor opens up in your market.

Getting Started Series-How To Put A New Facility Into Service

by Mark Helm | Oct 30, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

This episode completes the Getting Started Series for Self Storage Buyers Today. Here are some best Practices for putting your first or next self storage facility into service. This episode covers what to do and not do prior to the closing, day of the closing, and the first month after the closing.

Part 2: Getting Started Series-Best Due Diligence Practices Today For Self Storage

by Mark Helm | Oct 14, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

So we now have a self storage project under contract! Way to go! In last week’s Episode, we covered the first few spaces a self storage buyer goes through today to get to the finish line and either close on the project or let it go. In this Episode, we are going to...

Getting Started Series – Best Due Diligence Practices Today For Self Storage

by Mark Helm | Oct 7, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

You now have a self storage facility under contract. Congratulations. Now what? https://youtu.be/t5MjRQN9uO0 This is where it can be exciting, scary, thrilling, and the most fearful thing you have ever done all at the same time. That’s normal, especially of it is your...

Getting Started Series-Best Practices for Getting A Self Storage Deal To Stand Still

by Mark Helm | Oct 1, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

In today’s self storage business climate, reasonably priced deals don't stay on the market long. If it is a facility your are interested in, it is critical that you control that property as fast as you can.   "Deal Mode" This is the second stage of “Deal Mode” as...

Getting Started Series- Self Storage Investing First Steps

Getting Started Series- Self Storage Investing First Steps

by Mark Helm | Sep 23, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

Once you find a self storage deal that looks good to you as your start self storage investing, my coaching is to quickly jump into deal mode. What is important as you enter deal mode is to know the steps, or more accurately said, the spaces of a deal. As I have...

Getting Started Series – Inside Scoop On How To Created More Self Storage Deals To Look At Than You Can Imagine- 129

Getting Started Series – Inside Scoop On How To Created More Self Storage Deals To Look At Than You Can Imagine- 129

by Mark Helm | Sep 16, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

Let’s discuss developing your skills of getting in front of good self storage deal flow.

Getting Started Series-The Most Important Part of Your Self Storage Strategy -128

Getting Started Series-The Most Important Part of Your Self Storage Strategy -128

by Mark Helm | Sep 9, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

The quality of your life is a function of the questions you ask yourself.   When I ask people why they are getting in the self storage business, I usually hear answers like:   “It is a good sector”.   “I hear it is doing well today”.   I often hear...

Getting Started Series – Self Storage CAP Rates Today & How To Relate To Them

Getting Started Series – Self Storage CAP Rates Today & How To Relate To Them

by Mark Helm | Sep 2, 2017 | Getting Started in Self Storage

“The Market is cooling off.” “Interest rates are going up.”   “CAP Rates are going up.” We hear all kinds of projections from experts about the self storage industry today. However, nothing probably the most often used and least understood financial term is “CAP...

Part 5. Self Storage Marketing Series-Where Does Your Self Storage Facility Show Up?

Part 5. Self Storage Marketing Series-Where Does Your Self Storage Facility Show Up?

by Mark Helm | Aug 28, 2017 | Marketing & Customers

Perhaps the most important thing for your self storage facility is to end up on the first page of Google when people search for self storage in your area. In terms of finding new tenants, other than a fantastic retail like location, I can think of nothing else today....

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