Don't reinvent the wheel. 

Its a lot of work to keep trying to reinvent the wheel every time once I find something that works I do it till it's dead.  

Attending a trade show or working with professionals in our industry that are involved in self storage every day is the best way not to reinvent the wheel.

I’m calling this “How to Reinvent Yourself in Real Estate!”

@Bruce Lee   Techonology is mostly centered around Richardson, Plano, Frisco.....but there is some spreadout over the Metroplex.TI is based in Richardson near 635/75 for example.What we call telecom corridor is around Richardson....more or less 75 between Spring Valley and George Bush tollway.Just depends on what tech you are thinking of....some data centers south of the city...some west.Dell in Plano, Sabre in Southlake, Real Page in Plano, Accenture...everywhere, Goldman Sachs probably in downtown Dallas, ubertech in Deep Ellum, Microsoft in Irving, ATT in downtown Dallas, Solera in Southlake, Mercado Labs in downtown Dallas, you've also got big tech contingents at Capitol One, JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte, Palo Alto Networks, etc.Lots of people think of Silicon Alley, Seattle, and Austin as tech centers of the universe, but Dallas is strong....TI was probably one of the first IC chip companies is based here and EDS was started here, sold to GM, reinvented as Perot Systems, sold again....to Dell....but still have strong presence here.

The more you try to reinvent the wheel the greater the chance of failure. 

Just my two cents, but if it's your first property, it is usually most beneficial to not reinvent the wheel, and just get in, take advantage of your rent savings, tax benefits, and loan paydown along with the appreciation you will see in the years to come.

No use reinventing the wheel.

Not having to reinvent the wheel can save big bucks and loads of time. 2.

MUCH easier and then you are not reinventing the wheel.I find that even non-seasoned and non-specialized real estate agents that close some STR transactions, have no freaking clue what they are doing- so be picky and get a really good agent.