Are you ready to hear what I think is critical to finding a good self storage site? I might do an episode on my philosophy of life, but this episode is not it. This episode is my philosophy of what makes a good self storage site and the demographic metrics I focus on...

We talk a lot about buying self storage in these episodes. Let's discuss selling. In this episode, we discuss valuable insights to help you navigate the complex process of selling your self storage facility. There is a real art to this. I'll cover the current market...

There is one big benefit of having been in and around the self storage business for almost 30 years (in other words being old). You learn some lessons you did not and could not have known when you began. Let me share five lessons about self storage operations I have...

If you live in Indiana, did you know the default time for being able to assess a late penalty and deny tenants access to their units has been shortened? Did you know Indiana, the time-period has been shortened between when somone is late and when a lien sale can be...

I just returned from a two week break from self storage and business I took as I traveled with my wife to Florida. I did no writing, and little real estate and calls. But I did continue my morning practices and realized just how much a certain practice has made a...

Over the last three weeks, we have been discussing an overview of fundraising for small self storage investors getting in the business or growing their business from my perspective. This will be the last in this mini-series. I have organized this large and complicated...

Over the last two weeks, we have been discussing an overview of fundraising for small self storage investors getting in the business or growing their business. I have organized this large and complicated world of fundraising into three main buckets, syndications,...

Last week, I introduced self storage Fundraising 101 and discussed three main types of raising capital for self storage investments. I have organized this large and complicated world of fundraising into three main buckets, syndications, joint ventures, and funds (or...

As a small investor who raises money for equity in the deals I do and as a self storage coach who helps people get into the self storage business who often have to raise money, I have seen a lot of deals and deal structures. Of all the training I have attempted to...

Last week, as a self storage person, not an economist, I shared my ideas on inflation. Inflation is the driver of what is happening to our economy at this moment in time. So if inflation is the train barreling down the tracks, what does the landscape look like, and...