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THIS IS THE TIME FOR SELF-RELIANCE AND A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN By Frank Rolfe
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This is no time to deal with financial insecurity. It’s hard to be happy when you’re life is filled with stress. Even if you have a successful career and money in the bank, all Americans are within financial harm’s wa
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YOU NEED TO GET A DATE STAMP ON SELF-STORAGE SUCCESS STORIES By Frank Rolfe
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Have you ever talked to someone who is bragging about all the money they’ve made in self-storage investing, and then you come to find out that the story is from the 1980s? Indeed, it would seem that most of the self-storage success......
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THE BEAUTY OF SCALE WITH SELF-STORAGE CUSTOMERS By Frank Rolfe
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One aspect of self-storage facilities that gets little attention is the fact that it’s made up of tens or hundreds of little customers. This is not a source of frustration but actually an asset for those who own them
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CHOOSING A TITLE COMPANY FOR YOUR SELF-STORAGE CLOSING
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Every self-storage facility purchase requires a title company to handle the transaction – but which one should it be? The answer is that you should always steer for the largest title company in the metro
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THE POWER OF LEVERAGE ON A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY: AN ECONOMIC MODEL By Frank Rolfe
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One of the greatest tools in self-storage investing – the most powerful of them all – is leverage. The simple existence of sensible leverage on a storage property can spike the return up significantly as well as to allow the buyer
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HOW TRUE INVESTMENT GRADE STORAGE ASSETS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS YOU
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Not all self-storage facilities are created equally. Well, they may be built the same, but there’s a whole lot more to a storage property being “investment grade” than just metal walls and roll-up door.
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APPROACHING SELF-STORAGE RE-ZONING LIKE A PROFESSIONAL
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To build a self-storage facility typically requires going before Planning and Zoning as well as the City Council. Sometimes it’s just to approve your plans, but in other cases it’s required to get the zoning necessary to have the right to build...........
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THE TOP REASONS FOR STORAGE DEMAND AND HOW TO MARKET TO THEM By Frank Rolfe
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Self-storage serves many roles for many customers. And, assuming that these customers all come from similar positions to need storage, it might be a good marketing plan to work backwards and match the key drivers...........
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SELF-STORAGE WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THE NEW BIDEN ERA
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Every action has a corresponding reaction. When you couple this withhe mantra that “life is not fair” you end up with the net effect from a new Presidential term. Biden is about to take office and his policy comments
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IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY IN SELF STORAGE DON’T DO WHAT THE BIG COMPANIES DO
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The concept of “income properties” revolves around that one sole focus: making income.
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