Self Storage Income

Storage tech has not kept up with the times - just think: how easy was it to book a storage unit vs booking a flight? Or ordering off of Amazon? 

Large companies have condition us, the consumers, to …

Cell towers play an integral role in our modern world - but they also impact the self storage industry directly. We bought a facility years ago that had a cell tower onsite. We put $800K down, but in…

Like any industry, self storage has recently adopted the idea of "promotional pricing." Think "first month's rent" for housing or "device trade in credit" for buying the newest smartphone. At some po…

Single Family homes and Self Storage facilities are drastically different assets. They are both a solid path of investment that can yield great returns. And as a homeowner (or a prospective one), sel…

Self storage marketing is one of the most CRUCIAL parts of owning a facility, but most self storage operators completely overlook it. They hear words like “branding,” “advertising,” and “SEO” and bec…

Buying self storage can sounds like an impossible task for a beginner, right? Well, we’ve bought dozens of facilities, even when competition is tight—and we’re showing you what we see in the market t…

The Fed chair Jerome Powell decided to stop interest rate hikes. It's in the news, it's what's trending - but is it accurate? If so, what are the effects on storage?  

The potential rate drop creates…

Starting over every since year (New Year, New Me) can actually be a bad thing. Why? Because resetting your own progress can actually lead you to regress, not progress.   I

n this episode, AJ and Conn…

Commercial lending is a mess. Interest rates are up, deals aren’t getting done, and banks are becoming very selective with who they lend money to. And whether you’re a beginner or a veteran investor,…

Missed Part 1? Check it out here: https://youtu.be/0Q_aD48I2qM 

The Business of Self Storage includes all the important Core Departments that makes the wheels go round. We're talking about legal, acc…

Investing in self storage is not a "passive" investment. It's about how the business is run. We talk a lot about the investment side of things, but what about the business itself? 

In this 2 part epi…

Real estate took a hit in 2023. Many companies were laying off their deal acquisitions teams. Because it's true - real estate transactions are down massively. But deals still happen. 70% of our deals…

Since we have numbers and charts, this episode is better experienced over on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/-FYu86WdZSY 

2023 SUCKED. It was a hard year for storage. We talked about how the ma…

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The Self Storage Market is now more different than ever. This is the first time we're seeing the impact of …

When Jonas started investing in Self Storage, he sent out turkeys to storage owners in his area - TURKEYS - during the Thanksgiving season. He didn't use mailers or run ads, but was able to secure 3 …

If you want to get into the Self Storage investing game, you may be trying to decide if buying a pre-built facility is better than building one on a blank plot of land (or expanding an existing one).…

Finding a self storage deal can be daunting. You know there's opportunity, but it can be hard to find unless you know exactly where to look. 

In this episode, we talk to Shoiab Kabani, who first join…

Buying your first storage facility is no easy feat. Today we talk with Ben to learn how he bought his first one.

Ben Gottfredson started in his small town of St George, Utah, where he bought his firs…

Self Storage is not just a real estate investment - it's a business. And it should be treated as one.

"You don't have a business until you can go somewhere to 3-4 days and you company continues to ma…

Coming fresh off from our event, Conner and AJ discuss their main takeaways on what they learned, and what the next step looks like for them. What did we learn, and what are we seeing on the ground?