Feb 23 • General discussion
What SSIC Is And What’s Next
I want to quickly reset the vision for this group, where we are now, and how we’re moving forward.
What this group is about
This was never meant to be a “course to sell.”
The intention from day one has been:
- A place to partner, collaborate, and ask questions.
- A place to learn the self‑storage business together (finding deals, underwriting, operations, creative finance).
- A place to share tools, resources, and lessons learned.
- And ultimately, a place to bring real self‑storage deals so members can learn from them and, where it makes sense, participate as partners or investors.
Phase 1: Gauging interest (where we came from)
I started SSIC here on Skool mainly to see if there was real interest in a self‑storage‑focused group. I kept things intentionally light while I worked behind the scenes:
- Building the acquisitions side of the business.
- Building the capital side so we can actually bring people into projects.
On the acquisitions front, we’ve recently added three people to the team – a realtor, a broker, and a business broker, all to expand our outreach and deal sourcing. The goal is to start bringing live self‑storage opportunities into this group for us to review, learn from, and potentially partner on.
Phase 2: Education + community (what happens here on Skool)
Skool will be our home base for:
- Community and conversation (posts, questions, wins, deal ideas).
- Education: trainings, underwriting walkthroughs, and Q&A.
- Replays of group calls.
- Resources: spreadsheets, checklists, scripts, and SOPs.
You’ll see this get organized into a few simple areas:
- Classroom: core trainings and recorded sessions.
- Deals: threads where we post and break down specific self‑storage opportunities together.
- Resources: links, docs, calculators, checklists
- Events: live underwriting calls, strategy sessions, and Q&A.
Phase 3: Investing together (how we’ll handle deals)
When we start inviting members into actual investments, we’ll use a dedicated investing platform that is built for group ownership and compliant capital raises (initially something like Fractional, and in time, potentially a proper SEC‑compliant fund or fund‑of‑funds structure).
Practically, that means,
- All discussions, education, and deal review stays here on Skool.
- When a deal is ready for investors, we’ll share a clear link from Skool to the investing portal for that specific opportunity, where all the legal/financial pieces are handled (docs, subscriptions, reporting, etc.).
One home for learning and collaboration. One clean pathway to invest when and if it makes sense for you.
What’s next in the near term
Over the coming weeks, you can expect:
- A basic underwriting template for self‑storage deals that we’ll use together.
- Our first live “deal review” sessions, even if the early deals end up being “great to learn from, but we pass.”
- A short poll asking what you most want in the next 60–90 days (e.g., underwriting, finding deals, capital‑raising, operations).
How you can plug in right now
- If you want to help find deals, raise your hand, and I’ll share target criteria and simple scripts.
- If you want to focus on learning underwriting, watch for the first template and live sessions.
- If you’re mainly interested in investing, stay tuned for when we start flagging “potential investor” deals and outlining structures.
I appreciate everyone who has joined so far and stuck around while the foundation has been built behind the scenes. We’re now moving into the more active “deals and doing” phase, and I’m excited to build this with you. 🤗 🔥 💪
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What SSIC Is And What’s Next
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