Although urban storage owners are broadcasting positive spins on their current occupancy, there are some very bad trends ahead for this segment of the storage industry. In this Self-Storage University podcast we’re going to identify some of the pending issues for owners in dense urban centers and contrast that with what’s trending in suburban and exurban markets.

There are a finite number of good storage deals to buy in any given market in the U.S. And because of this restricted supply, many markets can appear “stale” after your initial efforts, as you have no control over what’s available and may have to wait for a mom and pop seller to make the decision to move forward. Since the more deals you look at, the better your odds of success, what do you do when you can’t find any good storage targets to buy in your market?

Self-storage investing typically requires getting a loan on the property, with the buyer paying the required down-payment and the bank extending credit on the rest. But is it possible to get pre-approved for this type of loan? That the topic of this Self-Storage University podcase, where we’ll go over this concept and its ramifications.