Give Me 25 Minutes, and I’ll Show You How to Buy a Self Storage Facility

Get our FREE self storage starter pack to learn how to analyze, underwrite, and operate your next storage investment: https://www.selfstorageincome.com/you... This is how to start investing in self storage, right now. In under 25 minutes, I’m going to walk you through exactly how to go from no self storage investments to your first one. Everything from building your “buy box” to finding the deals with upside potential, financing, due diligence, increasing revenue, and repeating it to build an entire portfolio. None of the steps I’m sharing are difficult and a beginner can follow each of them, step by step, to get their first self storage facility this year. But you’ll need to be consistent. There are opportunities out there right now—I should know, I’m heavily buying in 2026. But they won’t fall into your lap. If you’re able to spot the best self storage opportunities, present my three-offer strategy to sellers, and improve operations, you’ll have a cash-flowing, equity-building, stable asset for decades to come. I did it, too, buying small, mom-and-pop facilities for $500,000 or less. Now, it’s your turn. You want to know how to buy a self storage facility? These are the exact steps I’d take in 2026. _______ 📖 Grab AJ’s Book, Growing Wealth in Self-Storage 2.0 : https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Wealth... 🔵 Join the Self Storage Income Community: https://www.selfstorageincome.com/lea... _______ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:31 Biggest Opportunities to Buy 02:45 Step 1. The "Buy Box" 05:00 Step 2. Look at the Storage "Market" 07:45 Tip. Create Your Own Opportunity 08:39 Markets to AVOID 11:44 Step 3. Assemble Your Team 12:23 Step 4. Financing the Storage Facility 15:11 Step 5. Due Diligence 16:09 Step 6. Find the "Money on the Table" 17:36 Tip. Vacancy is Unit-Concentrated 18:52 Expenses and Marketing 22:07 Step 7. Refinance and Repeat #selfstorageincomepodcast #ajosborne #ajstorage #selfstorageincome