Beyond 2024: Evaluating the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Self-Storage Industry Into 2025
I am sitting here in the last quarter of the year in 2024. There are some really exciting aspects of our business as I look into the future, and there are some real risks. I am planning out my next few years for myself and working on what I can tell people I coach and...
Is the Self Storage Party Over? Let’s Look at First Quarter 2024 REIT Stats
So, is the decade-long self-storage party over? Yes, I am finding it harder to put deals together, and I have seen no relief in interest rates for a while. The 10-Year Treasury Yield is at 4.47%, still above 4% (click the image below for a link to Fred’s...
Takeaways from The 2024 ISS Convention
As many of you know, I attended the Inside Self Storage (ISS) Convention two weeks ago in Las Vegas. Not everyone could go, so here are a few takeaways in no particular order. Watch on YouTube Consolidation of The Self-Storage Space It’s not really surprising...
Four Reasons I Am Going to the ISS Expo in April (And Hope to See You There)
Two main organizations put on seminars in the self-storage space in the US. One is the Self-Storage Association (SSA), and the other is Inside Self Storage (ISS). I love the SSA; it is a vital organization for self-storage owners. Watch on YouTube I find the ISS...2023 in the Rear View – How Are You Seeing It?
It has been an interesting year for many of us small investors in the self-storage space. I have definitely been involved in fewer deals. It is much harder to make them pencell out. I also have some that I had to walk away from. First, I am not sure what we are going...
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