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 17, 2019 | Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Management
There has never been more of a need for us as business owners, self-storage owners and developers to operate from a “Prosperity Consciousness” as there is now. Actually, everyone to operate from “Prosperity Consciousness”. In reality, there are two belief systems we...
by Mark Helm | Jan 14, 2019 | Self Storage Business Planning
I have mentioned numerous times that the cost of construction has increased due to the steel tariffs that the person in the White House put in place last March 2018. Now no matter what your political beliefs are, how strong you feel, pros or cons about the person in...
by Mark Helm | Dec 29, 2018 | Build Self Storage, Self Storage Business Planning, Self Storage Mindset
So here we are at the end of 2018 and getting ready for 2019. There are a lot of changes going on in the self-storage industry and 2018 was a pivotal year. For many of us it was a tough year for buying, but a good year if you were a seller. However, what’s important...
by Mark Helm | Jul 22, 2018 | Self Storage Business Planning
“Begin With The End In Mind.” Even my 10-year-old Grandson has learned this because his school teaches the Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven Covey. “Beginning with the end in mind” is Habit #2 of Steven Covey’s book. It is also a very...
by Mark Helm | Jun 8, 2018 | Self Storage Business Planning
I speak often about the oversupply of self storage in certain markets and how to position yourself to stay relevant in today’s market. My default setting is to assume that everyone has a real estate background and understands where we are in the current real...
