Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

Creating Your Annual Self Storage Budget: Powerful Business Tool vs Hopeful Prediction

by Mark Helm | Dec 2, 2016 | Self Storage Business Planning

Most people’s relationship to language and the spoken word is very week. We haven’t really been trained on the true power the spoken word has to shape our experiences and our lives. This becomes very evident this time of year as we begin creating our annual self...

Self Storage Mis-Management Series: Why You Need to Treat Car Storage Differently

by Mark Helm | Nov 26, 2016 | Self Storage Management

This week concludes the Self Storage Mis-Management series. Since it’s a holiday weekend I’ll keep it short and sweet! DO NOT treat storing cars or vehicles like household goods. There’s a BIG difference. You need to understand the difference in...

Self Storage Mis-Management Series: Top 2 Ways to NOT Get Sued

by Mark Helm | Nov 18, 2016 | Self Storage Management

This is Week 3 of the Self Storage Mis-Management Series. In this series, I’m covering the five things NOT to do to keep your self storage facility running smoothly. In week 1 we covered the Serviceman’s Civil Relief Act. Last week we covered Creating a...

Self Storage Mis-Management Series: Can Good Customer Service Ever Be a Bad Thing?

by Mark Helm | Nov 12, 2016 | Buy Self Storage

Sometimes good customer service can really backfire! In the “Self Storage Mis-Management” Series, this is the second of the five top operational failures you need to avoid. I’ve learned this the hard way. Last week we discussed the first mistake to...

Self Storage MisManagement Series: 5 Operational Failures You Need to Avoid

by Mark Helm | Nov 4, 2016 | Self Storage Management

You don’t know what you don’t know. That’s how self storage mismanagement often happens. Just as there are 5 things to keep your eyes on to build a great self storage business, there are 5 things not to do to keep that great business going. The next...