
Self Storage Income
The authority on creating wealth and income through self storage.
Find our video podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaCszL7eN9T7EixaJgL49WTLsT-CWLD1
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Dec 19, 2019 • 27min
How to Start Investing in Self Storage | The Playbook
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
But, we all have to start somewhere. Talking to a lot of you guys through email and social media, one of the biggest topics that keeps coming up is how and where to start investing in self storage. So, I decided today that that's exactly what we'd cover in this episode. I go through step by step and share with you exactly how I'd do it if I were to lose everything today and have to start investing all over again.
Thanks so much to all of you for reaching out and connecting with me and being a part of this awesome group.
Please be sure to send us your questions and comments! And go to my website Self Storage Income to keep up with everything we have going on.
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your free copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a storage facility deal.
You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on:
iTunes
Spotify
Stitcher
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Dec 19, 2019 • 27min
Self Storage Now | How to Identify Markets, Get Deals, & Add Value
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
Starting out, in self storage, it's super important to know how to properly identify a market for self storage that will yield the best returns, how to then get that deal under contract and close, and finally how to add value to your new storage facility. All points we're going to go over in this episode of Self Storage Now on the official Self Storage Income Podcast.
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your free copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a storage facility deal.
You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on:
iTunes
Spotify
Stitcher
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Dec 12, 2019 • 29min
How to Evaluate a Market for Self Storage
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
Knowing how to read the market though, is a major key to that success. It's the big question everyone interested in storage wants to know - how do you evaluate a market for self storage?
There are a lot of considerations and calculations to take into account, but it's much more simple than I think a lot of people make it out to be. You just have to know what to look at.
I hope you all enjoy this look into the self storage market, and please be sure to send us your questions and comments!
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your free copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a storage facility deal.
You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on:
iTunes
Spotify
Stitcher
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Dec 5, 2019 • 59min
Zach Quick | How to Start Building Your Self Storage Empire
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
Our incredible guest today, Zach Quick, has mastered this concept and has gone from a W2 employee to self storage investor who now owns six self storage facilities. Zach shares with us how he got started investing in real estate with residential units, then how and why he decided to make the leap into the self storage market. Zach walks us through how he's finding great deals off market in an unconventional way, the details of his first storage deal, and the challenges he's faced going from residential investing to self storage.
I hope you all enjoy this episode, it was a great conversation with Zach and incredible to hear how he built his start in the self storage industry.
Please be sure to send me your questions and comments!
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your free copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a storage facility deal.
You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on:
iTunes
Spotify
Stitcher
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Dec 2, 2019 • 26min
What to Look for When Buying a Storage Facility | My Checklist
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
One thing is for certain though - being able to conduct proper due diligence before you buy a storage facility (or any real estate investment) couldn't be more important. Overlooking one detail could cost you everything.
So, what should you be looking for to help ensure your investment's success? That's exactly what we're talking about in today's episode - what to look for when buying a storage facility. I'm going to share a step by step checklist of some very important details you won't want to miss.
Please be sure to send us your questions and comments! And go to my website Self Storage Income to download checklists just like this so you can have and use them.
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your free copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a storage facility deal.
You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on:
iTunes
Spotify
Stitcher
---------
AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Dec 2, 2019 • 57min
Travis Morrow | Mastering Self Storage Investing
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
Travis Morrow is no stranger to this strategy or this market. In this episode Travis touches on how he got started in the industry, market insights, third party management, self storage development, self storage operations, and more.
Please send me your questions and comments at selfstorageincome.com.
Thanks everybody,
AJ
Get in touch with Travis on the Store Local Website
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
Self Storage Income Podcast:
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
- Stitcher: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Nov 28, 2019 • 15min
Self Storage Now | My Nashville Trip & Self Storage Industry Overview
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
In this episode of Self Storage Now here on the Self Storage Income Podcast, I'm going to share a bit about a recent trip that I took to the great city of Nashville, TN. I was invited to speak at a self storage convention there and the questions I answered from the audience and the convention as a whole gave me some great ideas for talking points that I wanted to be sure to share with you.
As always, enjoy this episode and please, reach out to me! If you have questions or comments about anything self storage, I'd love to hear from you. Best way to get in touch is emailing me on my website at selfstorageincome.com. However, you can also find me on social media, and youtube.
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
Self Storage Income Podcast:
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
- Stitcher: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Nov 25, 2019 • 58min
My Exclusive Group Phone Call with High Net-worth Individuals | The Self Storage Industry Explained
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
I was invited to speak to an exclusive group of high net-worth individuals who are interested in investing in self storage. I decided to record the conference call so that I could share it with you here.
I give an entire self storage overview - I’m talking market insights, industry specifics, my investment strategies, where I’m investing, what I’m looking for, how I find facilities to purchase, how to acquire a facility, how to drastically increase the value of a facility, knowing your competition and more.
I then answer questions one by one as the group members go through and ask questions about investing in and operating self storage. Some of the questions I answer:
“What kind of software are you using at your facilities?”
“How are you managing your facilities?”
“Do you recommend people to invest in self storage? Or just experts?”
“When you buy facilities, do you keep the employees or do you clean house and hire all new employees for that facility?”
“What kind of questions should we be asking ourselves as new people to self storage investing?”
“How are you selling tenant insurance to your tenants? Are you using a third party? How are you structuring that?”
“Who are you using to provide tenant insurance?”
“How easy is it to evict a tenant?”
I hope you enjoy listening in on this great self storage overview.
I'll see you next time everybody,
AJ
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
Self Storage Income Podcast:
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
- Stitcher: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Nov 25, 2019 • 47min
Developing Self Storage Facilities | An in Depth Look
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
No matter where you're at, you could also be looking very seriously at developing a self storage facility instead of purchasing an existing building. I'm excited to share this episode with you all because we hear questions like these a lot:
How do you develop a self storage facility?
What is the development process like to develop a storage facility?
What kind of contractors do you use to build a storage facility and how do you find them?
I hope you all enjoy this look into the self storage development world, and please be sure to send us your questions and comments!
Thanks everybody,
AJ
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
Self Storage Income Podcast:
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
- Stitcher: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ

Nov 25, 2019 • 28min
How and Where to Start Investing in Self Storage
Whether you do it before, during, or after watching, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, AND COMMENT.
Before I got involved with self-storage I was stuck on a treadmill. Yes, I made good money, but it was my clients that owned my time and not me. If I wanted to make more money I had to put in more hours. If I stopped working money stopped coming in.
Self Storage changed that for me once and for all. And I want to show you how it can work for you.
Self-storage facilities investments are a quiet but growing sector of commercial real estate. Based on current demographic trends, they’re ready to benefit substantially.
You see, we live in a consumer culture. Americans love to buy stuff. At the same time, the average size of the American home continues to downsize. Which means people need a place to put all that stuff.
Enter self storage.
At this point, almost 10% of American’s use self storage and the industry has grown to bring in over $20 billion dollars in annual revenue.
I want to show you how to get started in this industry and create true financial freedom.
THIS ISN’T GUESS WORK — IT’S A REPEATABLE MODEL
With over 1 million square footage of self storage facilities across four states, we’ve created a scalable model that works.
We seek and purchase under performing facilities. When we overlay our model, we know almost exactly how the asset will perform in any given market. Our strategy has worked in large booming markets as well as extremely small rural areas.
But how and where do you start in this vast industry? After receiving an email asking us this very question, we decided to answer it. That said, be sure to email us or comment with any questions you have! Enjoy.
I'll see you next time everybody,
AJ
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AJ's Self Storage Masterclass - https://cashflow2freedom.com/self-storage/
Self Storage Income Website: https://www.selfstorageincome.com
Self Storage Income Podcast:
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
- Stitcher: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-storage-income/id1482663918
My OTHER Podcast & YouTube Channel - Cashflow 2 Freedom - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspPjuKSS7iohRa7VRvohqQ