by Mark Helm | Nov 17, 2017 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
I would like to share some takeaways I got from the 2017 Self storage Economic Summit I attended in September of this year. It was eye-opening. Let me share the Short Term Analysis and Long Term Analysis then my summary of them. Short Term Some of the main drivers...
by Mark Helm | Sep 23, 2017 | Buy Self Storage, Financial Analysis of Self Storage
Once you find a self storage deal that looks good to you as your start self storage investing, my coaching is to quickly jump into deal mode. What is important as you enter deal mode is to know the steps, or more accurately said, the spaces of a deal. As I have...
by Mark Helm | Sep 2, 2017 | Buy Self Storage, Financial Analysis of Self Storage
“The Market is cooling off.” “Interest rates are going up.” “CAP Rates are going up.” We hear all kinds of projections from experts about the self storage industry today. However, nothing probably the most often used and least understood financial term is “CAP...
by Mark Helm | Apr 28, 2017 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
A big part of a leader’s job is to look into the future and predict what is coming so we can effectively prepare our company and people for it. If you are starting or growing your self storage business, you are the Leader. There is no better way to see trends and get...
by Mark Helm | Feb 10, 2017 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
Is it possible to have a soft landing instead of a bubble burst in the self storage industry? This question presupposes that there is a bubble forming in self storage. That’s an easy assumption to draw if you’re counting the number of new facilities going...
by Mark Helm | Feb 3, 2017 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
“Where are we in the economic lifecycle of self storage?” I get asked this a lot. Every business, every industry, every country (you get the picture) has a lifecycle. I have found it helpful to relate the cycles of a business or industry to a human life. In other...