It can be frustrating trying to get in or grow your self storage business. I know. I am experiencing it myself. We have been selling a lot of self storage. I have investors in most of my deals, and we...

It is not what you may think. It is not prices. Although, prices are high. It’s not being overbuilt. Although, many sub-markets are over built. It’s not a lot of stupid money chasing self storage. Although ,there appears to be stupid money chasing self storage. It’s...

For whatever reason, people I talk with or coach in getting in the self storage business, sooner or later begin to ask questions about what I really do in a day. My coaches (yes, I have coaches as well) over the past few years have told me I should do some “behind the...

I found myself in a new space in 2020 concerning my self storage business. I have never been here before. I realized I had lost some of the passion for my self storage business. Have you ever been there? Not the place to be or claim if one of your accountabilities is...

OK, I don’t want to jump on the Coronavirus bandwagon and do an entire episode on it instead of self storage, but indulge me somewhat. Let’s discuss it and how it can relate to you getting in, or expanding your self storage business. Backpedaling I admit it. I am...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and said to yourself, "I thought I would be further along in life than I am by now?" I know I sure have. For me, a pivotal moment was around 2006.  I was a commercial real estate agent earning reasonably good money then, but my...

Over the last four weeks, we have been studying What It Takes To Succeed In Self Storage Today. Having worked with a lot of people over the last decade and a half, supporting them in getting in this fantastic business of self storage, I have noticed some patterns to...

Over the years, I have worked with a lot of people supporting them in getting in this fantastic business of self storage.  With some people, I have had to focus harder on one aspect or another depending on their strengths. But in essence, everyone I work with knows...

We are in the middle of a series called What It Takes To Succeed In Self Storage Today. I realized after working with so many people assisting them in getting in self storage that what it took to be successful was not the “information” I was teaching. Yes, they had to...

To be successful in anything, but especially self storage today, it is not a function of what you know.  Yes, you have to know a lot of things, but knowing them guarantees nothing. The colossal failures in life know quite a lot. If you know nothing about self storage...