Self Storage Income

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast!    It’s getting pretty wild out there in regards to finding great existing self storage deals that you can just simply acquire. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t still great opportunity elsewhere, especially when you consider developing a self storage facility instead.    Make no mistake, when it comes to development th...

Welcome to the Self Storage Income Podcast! I’m your host, AJ Osborne!    That’s right… you have me, one of the biggest self storage investing cheerleaders talking about a self storage crash… Does this mean that I’m selling all my storage facilities? Ceasing operations? Shutting it all down?    Not even close.    In fact, my team and I are going harder than ever findi...

Welcome back everybody to the one and only Self Storage Income Podcast - this is your host, AJ Osborne! I have yet another incredible guest lined up for you on the podcast today - we have self storage investor and entrepreneur Chris Ramsey. Hailing from the moving business, Chris and his family weren’t too far off the mark when it came to looking at self storage. Chris actually developed a softwar...

Welcome back to the Self Storage Income Podcast!   As per usual - I’m one of the biggest cheerleaders that the self storage industry has ever seen. This doesn’t mean though that self storage is without its thorns or pitfalls. Don’t buy into the hype - there are very real risks of investing actively or passively in self storage.    Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there w...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! That’s right! We have my great friend and the one and only Jeremiah Boucher on the podcast today for his second appearance here with us. If you haven’t listened to Jeremiah’s first episode, check out the link below and be sure to listen to that as well. Since his last appearance here on the podcast, Jeremiah has been doing what most great...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! I’m your host AJ Osborne!    Just a heads up - if you plan on raising capital to fund deals… you NEED to listen to this episode.    We hear it a lot in real estate investing - “you don’t need your own money to get into real estate invest!”, or “get into real estate investing with low or no money!” So of course this mean...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host AJ Osborne! I’m a huge proponent of protecting my investments with the best and most ironclad solutions available. One such solution is insurance. If I can insure something… I get the absolute most and the absolute best. But how do you know what the best is? That’s why I’m bringing in the expert himself - Gary Kelley with...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host AJ Osborne!    Check out the video version of this episode here! https://youtu.be/QbnlcqVaCo8   As you might already know, investing in self storage has gotten quite the reputation recently. We have large funds bringing billions of dollars into the industry. Not only is the money coming in billions, the mar...

Show Notes:  Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast!    That’s right! We’re talking about a super important part of a self storage investing deal… the financing.    Luckily for us, there are currently a lot more financing tools and willing lenders nowadays than there used to be (man that makes me feel old… lol). Whether you’re going the SBA route, hard m...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne!    I have a good friend and fellow self storage investor Hayden Crabtree on the podcast today to talk all things getting started in self storage investing and a pretty incredible piece of technology that he's been working on and is bringing into the world of commercial real estate.    Afte...

Need help analyzing a self storage market? Check out our feasibility study services here: https://www.selfstorageincome.com/feasibility Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne! Well this is an important question isn’t it? When you’re looking at a self storage deal, how do you know whether or not it's a good deal or it's not even a “deal” at all? Obv...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! As you probably know, the value add strategy is the cornerstone of most investment strategies. You invest in something that’s undervalued, inject value, extract that value, and re-deploy that return into other investments. This is one key piece of my self storage investment strategy. But how do you actually accomplish this? What steps can...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! When it comes to business, when it comes to success or failure, there’s ONE thing that truly determines it all… CASH FLOW. Cash flow is the absolute king of business. If it's not there… you’re in trouble. This all comes down to the business, the industry, and your specific value proposition. This comes down to timing, overcoming challenges, and mak...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne! Alright, so if I were any kind of a good writer, then I’d probably put something here for you that would do today’s episode some kind of justice in explaining how freakin’ awesome it is… but that’s all I got guys haha it’s freakin’ awesome. Why? Well we have my great friends Andrew Freeman and Jon Marshalla o...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! AJ Osborne here your host of this awesome podcast that’s become the largest podcast in the world on self storage, and no, I’m not shy to say that, it’s absolutely incredible! As you might know, so much of successful real estate investing, or even entrepreneurship comes down to effectively applying some kind of value add strategy. You’re pu...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host AJ Osborne! Holy cow, do I have an awesome episode lined up for you guys today! I had the pleasure to have my great friend Paul Moore on the podcast today who is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to self storage and all things commercial real estate. This also isn’t the first time we’ve had Paul on the podcast...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! I’m your host AJ Osborne! There’s no two ways about it guys, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the air regarding the US Dollar and the US Economy. There are a lot of reasons as to why we’re in the place we are today and this is a beast of a topic to cover, but we’re going to dive in head first. Because these macro-economic changes can have a...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host AJ Osborne! There’s something I hear quite a bit and I heard it more when I first started doing all this content and sharing my self storage investing “secrets” with the world. You guys and even friends have asked me, “AJ, why are you sharing all this information with everyone?” Or “Why are you doing all this work on cont...

Welcome back everyone to the Self Storage Income Podcast! AJ Osborne here, your host of the most epic and the largest self storage podcast in the world. Thanks so much for tuning in! In relation to the returns most of us are used to seeing… you might think “1,314%” is some kind of typo. Cool thing is, it’s not. This is what my firm and I have been able to achieve. No this didn’t happen over night,...

Welcome back everyone to the Self Storage Income Podcast! I’m your host AJ Osborne! That's right, you read that title correctly. Me, the biggest self storage investing cheerleader talking about the potential ends of self storage and the very real risks that exist in self storage investing. Now why would I do this? Here's the deal - when all you have is people praising a particular asset or investm...

Welcome back everybody to the largest (and the best) Self Storage Podcast in the world - Self Storage Income! I’m your host AJ Osborne, and we have an awesome guest episode lined up for you all today. All too often we hear about the “safe” and “secure” 9-5 career. Get that awesome job with the great benefits, retirement plans, and pension if you can find one. What we don’t hear a lot about is the...

Welcome back everybody to the Self Storage Income podcast! I’m your host AJ Osborne and we have another awesome episode lined up for you guys today. Deal flow, due diligence, financing, asset management… these items are the bread and butter of an organization. They’re also essential aspects for even the beginning self storage investor. But how do you put all the pieces of the puzzle together? Bett...

What’s going on everybody!? Welcome back to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne! Well folks, it's that time of the year again - Christmas just past, we’re on to the New Year, and we’re all reflecting, planning, organizing, and looking to the future. It’s safe to say that 2021 was another wild year for many of us. For the self storage industry, it’s been another record ye...

Welcome back everyone to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host, AJ Osborne! If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while you’ll be super excited to hear a familiar voice on the podcast today… If you’re new to the podcast, well… you’re in for an amazing episode that is packed with outstanding amounts of value. This is especially the case if you’ve ever thought about or considere...

Welcome back everyone to the Self Storage Income Podcast! This is your host AJ Osborne! Whether it’s self storage or another real estate asset class, we always hear the importance of being able to get a potential investment property “under contract”. But what exactly does this mean, what exactly do you need, and how exactly do you get this done? These are all great questions and questions that you...