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How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 3)

How to Win In The Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 3)

by Mark Helm | Sep 18, 2020 | Buy Self Storage

We are now in the third episode of the series. We’re discussing the current challenges our self storage company. We’re focused on keeping our self storage companies going strong over the next year or so. If you want to, you can review Episodes 263 here...
How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 1)

How to Win in the Self Storage Business in 2020 and Beyond Series (Part 1)

by Mark Helm | Sep 4, 2020 | Buy Self Storage

The self storage industry is in uncharted territory as an industry. It will be very interesting to see how things turn out for us. We continue to be one of the shining stars in investment real estate, but nothing guarantees things will continue to be the case. As a...
Marketing in the Age of Coronavirus

Marketing in the Age of Coronavirus

by Mark Helm | Aug 14, 2020 | Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management

I get tired of hearing about the “new reality” we are in due to COVID-19. I am sure many of you do too.  However, in the world of self storage, as we try to figure out what works and does not work, let’s stay on the subject a little longer. What we did in 2019 to fill...
Five Mistakes To Avoid When Developing New Self Storage

Five Mistakes To Avoid When Developing New Self Storage

by Mark Helm | Jul 31, 2020 | Buy Self Storage

Before you dive into self storage ground-up development, it is always good to know other peoples’ mistakes. Fortunately for you today, if you are considering developing storage, I have made a lot of mistakes and can share my experience. I could have made this...
What I Focus on When looking at an Offering Memorandum

What I Focus on When looking at an Offering Memorandum

by Mark Helm | Jul 24, 2020 | Buy Self Storage

In today’s world, if you are getting in the self storage business, or growing your self storage business, you look at a lot of “Offering Memorandums” (OM). We have to develop a strategy for quickly figuring out which ones we should focus on and which...
How I Am Calculating Self Storage Lease-Up Today

How I Am Calculating Self Storage Lease-Up Today

by Mark Helm | Jul 17, 2020 | Build Self Storage, Buy Self Storage, Self Storage Management

I am beginning to re-think how I calculate lease-up in self storage projects. When I first entered into self storage in the mid-1990s as a broker helping a REIT find self storage, they used to assume 5% of their square footage per month would lease-up (wouldn’t...
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