Nick came into StorageAce the way a lot of people do — motivated, smart, but spinning. He'd been researching storage for months on his own, watching videos, running numbers he wasn't sure how to read, trying to reverse-engineer deals without a real framework. Sound familiar? What changed wasn't effort. Nick already had that. What changed was that he stopped going it alone. He got into a system, surrounded himself with a community of people actually doing deals, and started working with coaches who have closed facilities themselves — not just taught about them. Five months later, he closed his first self storage facility. That's not a fluke. That's what happens when you stop guessing and start executing with the right structure around you. I've closed 10 deals myself, own 9 of them now — over 200,000 square feet of storage — and I can tell you the pattern is consistent. Clarity leads to action. Action leads to deals. Nick's story isn't unique. It's repeatable. If you want to map out what that path looks like for you specifically — where you are, where you want to go, and what's actually in the way — book a First Facility Game Plan Call here: https://join.storageace.io/booking-page-8324 Dave "8 Facilities. Zero Guessing." DeMink

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?

Hi All! We closed on our second facility last week and are hoping to get some positive reviews going on our google page. Would love to return the favor for anyone that leaves a review and will be eternally grateful! Thank you https://share.google/y9Z3jScVNKiKEqCtP

I’m going to more than double down on education, training, resources, and templates next year to help you move faster and make better decisions. I want to focus my time on what will actually help you hit your self-storage goals — not more noise, not theory. If you had to pick one area where more support from me would make the biggest difference in 2026, what would it be? Take 5 seconds and to answer this question below 👇 Where do you need the MOST help in 2026 to hit your self-storage goals?

We closed on our first facility. Thanks to everyone in the Storage Ace community who gave some guidance along the way. I've been in residential real estate for over 30 years and thought it would be somewhat of an easy transition into self storage. That definitely was not the case. Finding the deal was the easy part (for me). But I didn't realize how much I didn't know about self storage and how much is involved after you get the deal under contract. (The following is an unsolicited endorsement). Once I got the facility under contract I joined Dave's coaching group. I decided that I didn't want to waste time trying to figure it out on my own (which I tend to do). Of all the classes, conferences, groups I've joined or spent money on over my real estate career, this by far was the best money I've ever spent. Dave, Ken & the group helped me get to the closing table. Without their assistance I would've been lost trying to put everything in place to get the facility online and start the process of turning it around. As I mentioned before, there is A LOT I didn't know about storage. A lot of details (most of them simple processes) that if you weren't aware of could cost you a ton of time and money. Dave helped with all of that and continues to help as we get this thing rolling. If you're new, serious about getting into self storage, and serious about closing on your First Facility I would highly recommend checking out Dave's coaching class so you can cut to the front of the line and get that first deal. Time to find another one...