by Mark Helm | Sep 3, 2016 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
Those of us in the self storage business are very lucky when comes to industry associations. Other industries are not as lucky. We have the SSA (Self Storage Association) Annual Convention in Las Vegas coming up next week. For the first time in a long time I am going...
by Mark Helm | May 14, 2016 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
“Have self storage stabilized occupancy rates gone up?” At the Inside Self Storage Convention, I heard that question asked more than once. The quick answer is YES. For the first time in the history of this industry, all the REITS are above 90% stabilized occupancy. A...
by Mark Helm | May 7, 2016 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
“How long can this expansion of self storage last?” “Is there a self storage bubble forming now?” Those seemed to be the questions on everyone’s mind at the Inside Self Storage Convention in Las Vegas this year. Here is my take away. If you are basically...
by Mark Helm | Apr 30, 2016 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
“Everywhere I go, I see self storage being built. Is it becoming over built?” Have you heard that? Have you thought that? It often looks like that to me. How do you, or would you, answer that question? I usually hear something like “Is there too much self storage...
by Mark Helm | Apr 14, 2015 | Financial Analysis of Self Storage
The State of the Self-Storage Were you at the Inside Self Storage (ISS) Convention in Las Vegas last week? After attending, I can say this for a fact: we sure are in some exciting times in the world of self-storage right now. I left the buzz of Las Vegas and went to...
