Sending out some direct mail for a couple of properties that I’ve been researching. What are you doing today to get you closer to what you want?

It was nice meeting up with @Jeff Spaulding at the Texas Self Storage Association Luncheon in Houston yesterday. I should have taken a photo like Scott Speer normally does. You'll have to take my word for it. Looking forward to working and learning together in the future.

I really thought I was going to have to build. I just wasn’t finding anything that met my requirements. I even bought a piece of land and rezoned it. I’ll probably still pursue that but excited to say I’m supposed to close this week on a new facility. It’s a really small one, just 34 units but the numbers made sense and it’ll be a good intro to the industry.

Its fun to see what we can learn from these.

Hello, I’m Jeff. I’ve been investing in real estate for the past 10 years and found my way into self-storage about two years ago. My son and I purchased a 100-unit facility in Texas that was in rough condition—both physically and operationally. Over the past two years, we completed a $350,000 renovation, brought the facility from distressed to 90% stabilized occupancy, and recently refinanced the property. The process taught me a tremendous amount about what to do, what not to do, and how to operate efficiently in this industry. I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the self-storage business model and the operational systems required to run these facilities successfully. Now, I’m focused on scaling, acquiring additional facilities, and helping others avoid the mistakes I had to learn the hard way.