Facility Value

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Condition and Value: The Financial Impact of Property Improvements in the Self-Storage Industry Condition and Value: The Financial Impact of Property Improvements in the Self-Storage Industry

Self-storage owners are mindful of their asset value, but they don’t always recognize the impact of property condition on that number or the strategic improvements they can make to raise it higher. There are facility upgrades that deliver outsized returns through enhanced customer perception, stronger tenant retention and significantly higher sale price. Read on to learn what they are.

byMatt Wess,Senior Vice President of Real Estate

Jan 20, 2026

5 Min Read

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Understanding the Self-Storage Cap Rate: How It's Calculated and How It Impacts Facility Value Understanding the Self-Storage Cap Rate: How It's Calculated and How It Impacts Facility Value

byScott Schoettlin

Dec 3, 2025

7 Min Read

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Closing the Expectation Gap: Self-Storage Facility Value in Today’s Shifting Investment Landscape Closing the Expectation Gap: Self-Storage Facility Value in Today’s Shifting Investment Landscape

byJane H. Sauls

Nov 9, 2025

7 Min Read

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KBKG Launches Cost-Segregation Software for Self-Storage, Other Types of Real Estate KBKG Launches Cost-Segregation Software for Self-Storage, Other Types of Real Estate

Nov 4, 2025

1 Min Read

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Acquisition Alchemy: Turning Around a Distressed Self-Storage Property for a Profit Acquisition Alchemy: Turning Around a Distressed Self-Storage Property for a Profit

Oct 7, 2025

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Debt Financing for Today’s Self-Storage Borrowers, Including Some Lesser-Known Options Debt Financing for Today’s Self-Storage Borrowers, Including Some Lesser-Known Options

Oct 7, 2025

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Time to Make Hay! Ways to Maximize Your Self-Storage Facility Sale (and Why Now’s the Time to Do It)

Time to Make Hay! Ways to Maximize Your Self-Storage Facility Sale (and Why Now’s the Time to Do It)

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A Modern Approach to Self-Storage Asset Valuation: Balancing Technological Precision With Human Expertise

A Modern Approach to Self-Storage Asset Valuation: Balancing Technological Precision With Human Expertise

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A Modern Approach to Self-Storage Tax Assessments: Why the Cost Method May Be the Most Reliable Indicator of Value

A Modern Approach to Self-Storage Tax Assessments: Why the Cost Method May Be the Most Reliable Indicator of Value

byKristopher Nicoloff,Associate

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What’s the Worth of Your Self-Storage Asset? Why It’s Important to Know and Contributing Factors

What’s the Worth of Your Self-Storage Asset? Why It’s Important to Know and Contributing Factors

byFrank DeSalvo,David Perlleshi

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Thinking About a Self-Storage Sale or Just Wondering About Facility Value? This Guide Explains the Variables That Impact Asset Worth

Thinking About a Self-Storage Sale or Just Wondering About Facility Value? This Guide Explains the Variables That Impact Asset Worth

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Suppliers and Products

Skyview Advisors Launches Property-Value Estimator for Self-Storage Owners

Skyview Advisors Launches Property-Value Estimator for Self-Storage Owners

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Inside Self-Storage Digital Issue: Facility Acquisitions 2022

Inside Self-Storage Digital Issue: Facility Acquisitions 2022

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Site Maintenance and Safety

A Key Connection: Understanding the Relationship Between Self-Storage Maintenance and Asset Value

A Key Connection: Understanding the Relationship Between Self-Storage Maintenance and Asset Value

byScott Schoettlin,Managing Director

Want to Make a Fast $50K? Or More? An Investor Shares His Approach to Increasing Self-Storage Value

Want to Make a Fast $50K? Or More? An Investor Shares His Approach to Increasing Self-Storage Value

The Impact of Automation and Remote Management on Self-Storage Facility Value

The Impact of Automation and Remote Management on Self-Storage Facility Value

byJared Houck,Investment Associate

3 Steps to Maximizing Your Self-Storage Facility Sale Price

3 Steps to Maximizing Your Self-Storage Facility Sale Price

byTom de Jong,Executive Vice President

Wondering About Self-Storage Facility Value in an Uncertain Market? This Guide Can Help

Wondering About Self-Storage Facility Value in an Uncertain Market? This Guide Can Help

Price Perspective: A 3-Pronged Approach to Self-Storage Valuation Amid Market Uncertainty

Price Perspective: A 3-Pronged Approach to Self-Storage Valuation Amid Market Uncertainty

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Confused About Self-Storage Cap Rates? Get a Helpful Overview in This Video

Confused About Self-Storage Cap Rates? Get a Helpful Overview in This Video

Juice That’s Worth the Squeeze: The Connection Between Self-Storage Upgrades and Facility Value

Juice That’s Worth the Squeeze: The Connection Between Self-Storage Upgrades and Facility Value

byDerek Walker,Principal

Getting Ready to Sell Your Self-Storage Facility? Here’s How to Guesstimate Value

Getting Ready to Sell Your Self-Storage Facility? Here’s How to Guesstimate Value

byTim Randle,Owner

Revenue Management

Protecting Your Self-Storage NOI as Industry Demand and Rates Soften Back to ‘Normal’

Protecting Your Self-Storage NOI as Industry Demand and Rates Soften Back to ‘Normal’

byRob Moreno,Anthony Young

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Watch the ‘Debt-Free Doctor’ Explain Self-Storage Cap Rates

Watch the ‘Debt-Free Doctor’ Explain Self-Storage Cap Rates

Arriving at a Fair Assessment: Factors Currently Impacting Your Self-Storage Facility Value

Arriving at a Fair Assessment: Factors Currently Impacting Your Self-Storage Facility Value

byMelissa Shandor,Business Development

Clearing Up the Confusion of the Cap Rate: What It Is and How It’s Used in the Self-Storage Industry

Clearing Up the Confusion of the Cap Rate: What It Is and How It’s Used in the Self-Storage Industry

byJane H. Sauls,Luke Sauls

Hidden Gems: Mining the Self-Storage Market for Underperforming Facilities

Acquisitions/Buying

Hidden Gems: Mining the Self-Storage Market for Underperforming Facilities

Hidden Gems: Mining the Self-Storage Market for Underperforming Facilities

byPaul Broaddus,Partner and Chief Investment Officer

What’s a Self-Storage Facility Really Worth?

What’s a Self-Storage Facility Really Worth? Find Out in This Book for Buyers and Sellers

What’s a Self-Storage Facility Really Worth? Find Out in This Book for Buyers and Sellers

Inside Self-Storage Releases Interactive Digital Issue on Facility Acquisition

Inside Self-Storage Releases Interactive Digital Issue on Facility Acquisition

Ways for Self-Storage Owners to Increase Facility Value Before Handing Off Their Asset to a Hungry Buyer

Ways for Self-Storage Owners to Increase Facility Value Before Handing Off Their Asset to a Hungry Buyer

bySteve Hajewski,Regional Sales Manager

The Capitalization Rate: How This Metric Helps Determine Self-Storage Investment Risk and Facility Value

The Capitalization Rate: How This Metric Helps Determine Self-Storage Investment Risk and Facility Value

bySteve Mellon,Managing Director

How to Make Money in Self-Storage books

Want to Make More Money From Your Self-Storage Operation and Property? These Books Explain How

Want to Make More Money From Your Self-Storage Operation and Property? These Books Explain How

Acquisitions/Buying

The Self-Storage Fixer-Upper: Ways to Add Value to an Underperforming Asset

The Self-Storage Fixer-Upper: Ways to Add Value to an Underperforming Asset

byTom de Jong,Executive Vice President

Value-Add Projects for Self-Storage: Making Smart Upgrades That Yield a Positive Return

Value-Add Projects for Self-Storage: Making Smart Upgrades That Yield a Positive Return

bySteven Wear,Director of Acquisitions

Interested in Buying or Selling a Self-Storage Facility? This Book Will Help You Fully Grasp Value

Interested in Buying or Selling a Self-Storage Facility? This Book Will Help You Fully Grasp Value

Interested in Buying or Selling a Self-Storage Facility? This Book Will Help You Fully Grasp Value

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