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Part 2: How to Analyze Self Storage Properties for Maximum Profit in a Sellers Market

Part 2: How to Analyze Self Storage Properties for Maximum Profit in a Sellers Market

by Mark Helm | Mar 24, 2017 | Buying Self Storage

It's hard buying self storage today.  Prices are so high.  It's not impossible to find deals in a "seller's" market, but it does mean you have to know what you're doing more than ever.  Welcome to the second episode of the series "How to Anaylyze Self Storage in...

How to Analyze Self Storage Properties for Maximum Profit in a Seller’s Market

How to Analyze Self Storage Properties for Maximum Profit in a Seller’s Market

by Mark Helm | Mar 17, 2017 | Buying Self Storage

It appears as if the race to see how high self storage purchase prices can go has leveled off. But make no mistake, they are still high and I haven't seen much of a reversal. It is still a “Seller’s Market.” Does that mean we should sit on the sidelines and wait it...

Are You Asking The Right Questions To Build The Best Self Storage Strategy For You?

Are You Asking The Right Questions To Build The Best Self Storage Strategy For You?

by Mark Helm | Mar 10, 2017 | Strategy & Planning

Welcome to the fourth and final episode of the series "The Complete Guide to Creating Your Self Storage Business Strategy." We have been talking about the three aspects that determine our success in achieving any vision, or goal: 1). Mental state. 2). The stories we...

Do You Have Old Stories That Are Sabotaging Your Self Storage Success?

Do You Have Old Stories That Are Sabotaging Your Self Storage Success?

by Mark Helm | Mar 4, 2017 | Mindset & Leadership

Welcome to the third episode (of four) in the series "The Complete Guide to Creating Your Self Storage Business Strategy."  We have been talking about the three elements that determine our success in achieving any vision or goal: Mental state The stories we tell...

The Reason Even the Best Self Storage Strategy May Not Be Enough to Get the Results You Want

The Reason Even the Best Self Storage Strategy May Not Be Enough to Get the Results You Want

by Mark Helm | Feb 24, 2017 | Mindset & Leadership

Welcome back to the Complete Guide to Creating a Self Storage Strategy series.  Episode 2 also happens to also be the 100th episode of the Creating Wealth Through Self Storage blog. The only reason there are now 100 episodes is because of you. Thank you for reading...

Is Your Self Storage Strategy Really Complete?

Is Your Self Storage Strategy Really Complete?

by Mark Helm | Feb 17, 2017 | Strategy & Planning

I talk a lot about a self storage strategy. My self storage business transformed when I got clear on where I was going, what it would look like when I was there, and what was missing for me to get there. Oh yes, and the most important part of the strategy, the "why."...

How To Create A Soft Landing And Not Pop the Self Storage Bubble

by Mark Helm | Feb 10, 2017 | Market Trends & Outlook

Is it possible to have a soft landing instead of a bubble burst in the self storage industry? This question presupposes that there is a bubble forming in self storage. That's an easy assumption to draw if you're counting the number of new facilities going up in the...

Where Are We In The Economic Lifecycle Of The Self Storage Industry?

Where Are We In The Economic Lifecycle Of The Self Storage Industry?

by Mark Helm | Feb 3, 2017 | Market Trends & Outlook

https://youtu.be/3HDF57MENs8 “Where are we in the economic lifecycle of self storage?” I get asked this a lot. Every business, every industry, every country (you get the picture) has a lifecycle. I have found it helpful to relate the cycles of a business or industry...

How to Create Your New Self Storage Paradigm of Success

How to Create Your New Self Storage Paradigm of Success

by Mark Helm | Jan 27, 2017 | Mindset & Leadership

This is our last week in the True Wealth With Self Storage Series. So far you’ve created a new and powerful paradigm for yourself and you life. You completed a disempowering story about your relationship to money and success. You replaced it with a new, empowering...

Your Belief About Money – The Key to the Art and Science of True Wealth With Self Storage

by Mark Helm | Jan 20, 2017 | Mindset & Leadership

When getting in the self storage, or any new, business we often wonder why the same patterns are happening to us again. “I thought this time it was going to be different?”   As I've said before, you can have the best self storage business strategy in the world, but if...

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