by Mark Helm | Jun 9, 2019 | Buy Self Storage
I’ve talked a lot about the benefits of self-storage over other types of commercial investment real estate. Usually, the benefits circle around the fact that self-storage is a steel wall and a concrete floor generating rents comparable to apartments or office...
by Mark Helm | May 10, 2019 | Build Self Storage, Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Business Planning
It has become very popular in the self-storage industry today, to do conversions as an entry point into the business, or as a way to expand your self-storage business. I like them very much and wrote an article about it for Inside Self-Storage a few months ago....
by Mark Helm | Apr 19, 2019 | Build Self Storage, Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Business Planning
I want to take a few Episodes and share some of the take away I have from attending the Inside Self Storage Convention a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. We are now in an industry that is growing and evolving at a fast rate, and it is important to keep our finger on the...
by Mark Helm | Mar 2, 2019 | Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Mindset
Let’s discuss how to financially analyze a potential self-storage conversion. In Episode 192 {Olivia, plz link to it} we discussed the benefits of doing a conversion in today’s current self-storage market conditions. I won’t go over them here, but for this episode, I...
by Mark Helm | Feb 21, 2019 | Build Self Storage, Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management
If there was a self-storage soapbox, and I was standing on it, what you would have heard me say over the past few years was “Get a self-storage Feasibility Report!” Let’s discuss the feasibility reports. The first thing we should know about them is that we are very...
by Mark Helm | Feb 7, 2019 | Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management, Self Storage Mindset
I have worked with lots of people getting in the self-storage business over the years. Hundreds of them. However, I’ve never had anyone ask this question before. It seems weird, but no one has asked me before “What does it take to be successful in the self-storage...
