Mark Helm, Author at Creating Wealth Through Self Storage

How to win in today’s competitive self storage market – Buy it? Build it? Or both?

by Mark Helm | Jan 15, 2016 | Buy Self Storage

“Self storage facilities are so expensive to buy today!” “I’m afraid to build a new one as my first facility.” “How can I get into this business?” In today’s competitive self storage market there is a way smaller investors, like us, can get in the business and...

$Taking the mystery out of the math: Building or Buying a Self Storage Facility$

Taking the mystery out of the math: Building or Buying a Self Storage Facility

by Mark Helm | Jan 8, 2016 | Build Self Storage

“They want HOW MUCH for their self storage facility?!” #x*!(*%! “Maybe we should just build one.” As the self storage market heats up, and prices keep getting higher and higher for existing self storage facilities, more and more people are leaning towards building new...

Building Self Storage – the Unexpected Way to Success

by Mark Helm | Dec 31, 2015 | Self Storage Business Planning

There is a little know secret to building your self storage business most don’t think about, that can make the biggest difference in your goals being reached, or not.

Self Storage Goals: Setting vs. Achieving

by Mark Helm | Dec 17, 2015 | Self Storage Business Planning

So I found myself sitting down to write an episode that I have been regularly deleting and couldn’t help but ask myself what could I possible say that would make a difference for my subscribers who are getting in and/or growing your self-storage business about planning your 2016.

Self Storage Financing – Creating Good Debt

by Mark Helm | Dec 11, 2015 | Self Storage Financing

“If you are born without a lot of money, and you never borrow money and go in debt, you are going to die without a lot of money.” A mentor told me that once. He also said it is important to know the difference between good debt and bad debt. Yes, there is such a thing...