Hi everyone! 👋 My name is Paris,（hong zhang) and I’m based in Orange County, California. Steven Boston introduced me to this community. I’m actively looking for opportunities to acquire my first self-storage facility and would love to connect with owners, brokers, and other investors in the industry. I’m especially interested in existing cash-flowing or value-add facilities, and I’m open to opportunities outside of California as well. I recently attended the SSA conference in Las Vegas and learned a lot from speaking with owners and brokers. I’m excited to continue learning and hopefully find the right opportunity. If you have a deal or know of an owner who may be considering selling, I’d love to connect. Thanks for having me here! Paris

How concerned should I be about a facility that does not have the electronic records that we're used to seeing from management systems? The property is being sold by a broker who has created a nice OM. However, the limited info that they got from the older owner was handwritten on notebook paper. I can tell the owners are an older couple that are not tech savvy. How do you go about verifying income, rent roll, and etc? What pitfalls to lookout for?