by Mark Helm | Apr 17, 2020 | Self Storage Management
We find ourselves in new territory in terms of running a self storage business in the age of COVID-19. We’ve made some decisions on how to run our self storage business during this “lock-down” time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. First of all, we do...
by Mark Helm | Apr 3, 2020 | Buy Self Storage
I thought I might take a few episodes and discuss what we and others are doing differently and adjusting in our acquisition and management practices, as we go deeper in self storage during COVID-19. This week we will discuss acquisition, next week management. I have...
by Mark Helm | Mar 27, 2020 | Self Storage Management
It seems like there have been a lot of self storage facilities lately I have looked at with large amounts of non-paying tenants, or tenants paying an extremely low rent compared to street rate. Have you seen this lately? People I am working with ask why? Well, first...
by Mark Helm | Mar 19, 2020 | Self Storage Mindset
OK, I don’t want to jump on the Coronavirus bandwagon and do an entire episode on it instead of self storage, but indulge me somewhat. Let’s discuss it and how it can relate to you getting in, or expanding your self storage business. Backpedaling I admit it. I am...
by Mark Helm | Mar 11, 2020 | Buy Self Storage
Have you ever looked in the mirror and said to yourself, “I thought I would be further along in life than I am by now?” I know I sure have. For me, a pivotal moment was around 2006. I was a commercial real estate agent earning reasonably good money then,...
