When hiring a management company or a manager, it is probably the single most important aspect of any business, especially in Self Storage.
Some owners are just glad to have a warm body hold down the office.
In th...

Afternoon BiggerPockets Tribe! I have a 38 unit mini-storage building under contract. It is a one 2800 sq ft building facility (built in 2004) on approx. 1 acre of land. With the opportunity to build more buildings an...

I know you can outsource much of the operations (online payments, answering phone, SEO) to management companies who specialize in self storage operations (https://www.storageunitsoftware.com/call-answering)...But how ...

The gutters on my house fill at an incredibly fast rate with pine needles, cones and broken branches. Is Leafguard the way to go or is there a cheaper alternative? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I currently have a short term rental and long term rental properties and I am interested in self storage facilities. I am located in CT and they are very hard to come by so I am exploring remote faciliti...

Is Loopnet the best source for self-storage deals or is there another website that focuses exclusively on self-storage?  Also, if you're willing to share ways of locating off-market self-storage deals I'd really appre...

Good evening everyone, 
Trying to learn more about storage facility ownership and management. I am considering a small complex with less than 70 storage units probably to start off with. Few questions:1) Anything I s...

Has anyone ventured in the area of senior housing? I've seen a few deals but I noticed the rents are restricted and most of the mortgages are assumable. Has anyone done any of these deals? Anything to look out for?

Hi, Looking for advice on buying an affordable self storage facility in another part of the country that can be run remotely. I live in New England and they are very expensive. Is this possible or a good idea ? Build ...

About a year ago, my brother and I inherited a 5 self-storage facility, 3500 unit real estate portfolio from our father. For the past year, we have managed the transition well enough to achieve 8% rental rate growth. ...