by Mark Helm | Dec 20, 2024 | Buy Self Storage
Let me share with you my experience of being a self-storage owner and operator in the year 2025. Remember that I sold off most of my portfolio (2 different brands) between 2019 and 2021. I am expanding again, but smaller than before (beats retirement). If I had to sum...
by Mark Helm | Dec 19, 2024 | Buy Self Storage
How many times have you found a self-storage expansion deal, calculated the expansion amount you can add to the facility, and run the numbers, but it still does not work because you can’t get enough new square feet in the project? This has happened several times to...
by Mark Helm | Nov 22, 2024 | Buy Self Storage
I just saw a news article, “Self-Storage Manager Accused of Embezzling $53K From ______ Mini Storage.” I also remember buying a facility showing $73,000 or so a month in income. During the due diligence period, I couldn’t understand because I was estimating we would...
by Mark Helm | Nov 15, 2024 | Buy Self Storage
I see a common mistake today as I work with people who are getting into the self-storage business. Especially people getting in their first deal. They will underwrite a deal using the downpayment amount a bank quotes. Often, this will change them, and they are left...
by Mark Helm | Nov 8, 2024 | Buy Self Storage
When I first entered the self-storage business, when I thought about “marketing,” the question was, how big a yellow page ad can you afford? People often named their facilities with an “A” in the first part of the name because it would show up early in the yellow...
