As I write this in Jan 2024, I get asked a lot “What and where are the best self-storage opportunities today.” Another version of this question may be, “How in the world can I get into self-storage today...

“Is now the time to get in self storage?” I get asked that multiple times a week. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to that question. I have an opinion. But my opinion is based on my experiences...

I am starting to have fun again as I work on getting my next self-storage project. Nothing has really changed that much in the market…but I am beginning to notice a shift. I am still writing LOIs that...

Yes, I am seeing more distressed self-storage being marketed. It is actually something I didn’t see very often early in my career. I can remember telling people things like, “If you see a distressed...

I’m starting to see the distressed self-storage listings. I said they were most likely coming, and I am starting to see a trickle of them, soon to be more. Keep your eyes open....

We talk a lot about buying self storage in these episodes. Let’s discuss selling. Believe it or not, there is a skill to successfully selling a self storage project and maximizing your returns yields for...

I have written and talked a lot about buying self storage. I figured it was time I wrote about selling self storage along with my number one rule for selling a project. As many of you know, I talk a lot...

Let me show you how you can create, let’s say, $292,000 additional value on your subsequent self storage acquisition of, let’s say, a 365-unit self storage facility. I’m talking tenant insurance. Yes, I...

As a small investor, are you sometimes wondering how in the world you can compete with all the bigger players buying up storage facilities in the market today? Just look at this random screen shop from...

It is challenging today to purchase existing self storage—no doubt about it. But can we small investors do so. And do it in a way that cash flows and gives us the returns we need? Yes, you absolutely...