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?

Doing some DD on a facility in a rural area. People around there use Spectrum for internet. I'm looking at the pricing and wondering which plan I would need. See below. From my research, it's not so much the download speed that matters but the upload speed for clearer and smoother videos. How do you determine how many cameras are needed and what internet speed? Also, I've heard of others using Starlink. Wonder if that's an option and how much that would be.

Quick question for those who have wholesaled/self-storage assigned deals before: Have any of you used NDAs with buyers when wholesaling a facility? Or do you not really recommend it? I’m trying to figure out best practices here and whether it’s something I should be implementing or if it creates more friction than value. If anyone has a sample NDA they’ve used before, I’d really appreciate it if you’d be willing to share. Thanks!

The old way: someone finds a storage facility, gets excited, builds a full spreadsheet, spends hours underwriting — then discovers the market can't support the rents. Deal's dead. Hours wasted. On to the next one. There's a better way. Before I ever do a full underwrite, I run a quick analysis first. And a big part of that quick analysis is a market analysis — understanding what the market will actually bear before I touch a spreadsheet. Occupancy rates, street rates, competition density. The market tells you things numbers on a page never will. If the market doesn't support the deal, no spreadsheet is going to fix it. I built a simple tool for exactly this step. It's called the 5-Minute Storage Deal Analyzer — and it walks you through the quick analysis process so you can screen deals fast and stop wasting time on deals that were never going to work. Grab it here: https://join.storageace.io/5-minute-storage-deal-analyzer Once a deal passes the quick analysis, then I go deep. That's when full underwriting is worth your time. Stop spending hours on deals that fail in the first five minutes. Self Storage Power Hour is TODAY at 10am MST — come learn live: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89654514255?pwd=txJtbav30mochXjderlUSzbpo6bntF.1 Dave "8 Facilities. Zero Guessing." DeMink

Just toured a facility and noticed something interesting… The units are built out with wood / plywood walls instead of metal panels. I uploaded a picture for reference 👀 Curious how others here think about this: 👉 Do you typically buy facilities like this? 👉 Have you upgraded wood interiors to metal, or left them as-is? 👉 Does this impact tenant quality, rents, or insurance in your experience? My initial thoughts: - Feels more like an older / mom & pop build - Could be value-add… or could mean future CapEx - Not sure if it’s worth converting everything or just improving what’s there Would love to hear from anyone who’s actually dealt with this. How do you approach a facility with wood-built units? @David Johnstone