Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

10 Reasons You Should Join the Self Storage Association

by Mark Helm | Sep 3, 2016 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage

Those of us in the self storage business are very lucky when comes to industry associations. Other industries are not as lucky. We have the SSA (Self Storage Association) Annual Convention in Las Vegas coming up next week. For the first time in a long time I am going...

How To Successfully Manage a Self Storage Facility. Even When You Make Mistakes

by Mark Helm | Aug 27, 2016 | Self Storage Management

OK, I made another mistake. I wrote and filmed a different post for this week. Then I came down to our new facility in Florida today and left the camera with this week’s video in it at home. In that episode I wrote about anther mistake I made around the upcoming Self...

How To Create, Not Compete, in the Self Storage Industry

by Mark Helm | Aug 20, 2016 | Buy Self Storage

I think the next stage of evolution for humans is the movement from a “competitive” mindset (i.e. underlying view of the world that everything is ultimately us vs. them or me vs. you) to a “creation” mindset (there is unlimited supply of everything you need and you...

The Art of Creating a Self Storage Business – How to Bridge the Gap

by Mark Helm | Aug 13, 2016 | Buy Self Storage

The hardest part of creating a self storage business, creating abundance or wealth, is to “not judge what is happening by appearances.” It takes a special skill set, an art, to create a self storage business (or any endeavor) with a mindset of abundance. The most...

Does What You Believe Help You Find Great Self Storage Facilities?

by Mark Helm | Aug 6, 2016 | Buy Self Storage

I’m often asked the question, “Why do you share what you know about getting in the self storage business? Aren’t you just creating more competition?” Even my wife asks me that question. And even though I’ve learned over time that she is almost always right...