
Season 1
Episodes
238. How does the Housing Crisis affect Self Storage?
The supply of housing is directly tied to the demand for self storage. The more people are moving, the more people tend to need a storage unit. But what happens if the housing market is being crazy, like it is today?...
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237. How to Improve Operations - This is how we compete w/ storage REITs!
Big REITs can raise and lower prices whenever it suits them - but is this actually the best way to treat your customers? We don't think so.
Instead, we focus on operations - how can we improve, so the customer gets a...
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236. Long-Term Effects of COVID on Self Storage w/ Dane Elefante
Self Storage was hit during the COVID-19 shutdown. But during that time, storage saw a surge in demand, which put it ahead of many other asset classes. It reacted in a way that many thought not possible in a...
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235. Real Talk w/ AJ
It's real. It's talk. It's Real Talk w/ AJ.
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Take advantage of today’s market conditions...
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234. "Contactless" Self Storage - Is the Technology Ready?
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?Â
Large companies have condition us, the consumers, to accept new methods...
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233. Can you Make Money from Cell Towers on your Storage Property? w/ Hugh Odom
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 the first 2-3...
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232. Are Self Storage Price Drops a Lie? Well, sort of...
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 point, it is just...
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231. Switching from Single Family Homes to Self Storage w/ Mike Moulton
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), self storage may seen...
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230. Marketing Self Storage Facilities - Tips to do it RIGHT!
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 become frozen, so...
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229. Get your FIRST (or next) Storage Deal in 2024: the New Era of Self Storage
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 today so YOU can...
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228. What Cooling Inflation means for Self Storage
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? Â
The potential rate drop creates a weird...
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227. Crushing your Self Storage Goals in 2024
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. Â Â I
n this episode, AJ and Conner talk about how...
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