Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

Part 2: What Skills Do You Need To Start A Self Storage Business Today?

by Mark Helm | Sep 14, 2018 | Buy Self Storage

Last week we started a conversation about the skills it takes to be in the self storage business today. Let’s take a look at the first skill: the ability to find deals. I wrote about this in Episode 129. In my opinion, there is a real art to finding good deal flow....

What Skills Do You Need to Start a Self Storage Business Today?

by Mark Helm | Sep 8, 2018 | Buy Self Storage

This week I want to cover an article I wrote for Inside Self Storage magazine earlier this year. You can read the full article HERE or you can read it in its entirety below. I think it will be valuable to go through each of these skills in more detail, but this week...

Do You Know How to Collect the Right Data Before Starting a Self Storage Project?

by Mark Helm | Aug 31, 2018 | Buy Self Storage

The self storage world has never been as easy and as complicated as it is right now. There are a lot of software programs out there that make it easier. There are a lot of software programs out there that make it more complicated. In the old days if we found a site we...

Do You Know the Benefits of Both Self Storage Trade Associations?

by Mark Helm | Aug 24, 2018 | Self Storage Management

Are you in the self storage business? If so, are you a member of the SSA (Self Storage Association)? How about Inside Self Storage (ISS)? I found it strange when I first got in the self storage business that there were two trade organizations that both had great...

How to Successfully Choose Your First Self Storage Project

by Mark Helm | Aug 17, 2018 | Buy Self Storage

I get a lot of questions like, “I’m looking at this site,” or, “I’m looking at this facility. How do I know if I should move forward?” That’s hard to answer because it depends. Depends on what? Why you want to get into the self storage business. What...