Just a quick note from my heart to yours… I’m incredibly thankful you’re here. That you’ve chosen to explore self-storage — not just for income, but for freedom. For your family. For your future. For the legacy you’re building. I don’t take that lightly. It means the world to me that I get to be a small part of your journey — and I promise to keep showing up, helping you find deals, and walking the path with you. But today? I hope you disconnect. Turn off the noise. Step away from the scroll. And fully soak up the joy, laughter, and love of the people right in front of you. Happy Thanksgiving. You’ve earned every bite. With gratitude and gravy, Dave “Cornbread Sausage Stuffing for President” DeMink

Dave, thanks again for a great call. Being able to go over the analyzing tool in "Real Time" is priceless. Ken thanks to you for taking the baton for the last portion of the call. Some of the things you share may seem like no big deal, but to those of who are just getting started.. to have access to all you've learned from the mistakes to the wins is huge. Finally, I have to echo what Cedric said about the community that Dave's building here within "First Facility", absolutely amazing and I won't be surprised to where you're going to take it. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

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...

Dave. I appreciate the time you took yesterday to get on a call with me. Much Appreciated! Keep doing what you’re doing.