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, and no, we didn’t know exactly what we were doing or exactly how we were going to do it from day one. To be honest, this is the first time we’ve even looked at these numbers in this way across our portfolio. Currently, it’s only been in the past year and half that my team and I have been securing capital from accredited investors. Before this, we’ve only ever used our own cash to buy storage facilities. As you can imagine, raising capital from investors has a bit of a learning curve, but it’s been a great and necessary step to grow our company and allow others to join in on these amazing returns we’ve been able to yield. So how have we been able to yield these kinds of returns through self storage investing? Well if you’ve been around for any length of time, you know that our self storage investing strategy is the value add strategy - we identify opportunity through upside and capatilize on it. Whether that’s a poorly run facility with great management and physical upside, or conversions and developments in growing markets. I’m going to talk a bit about this strategy today in addition to this new and awesome journey we’re on working with investors to tackle self storage deals all across the United States. And just a heads up - if you want to build empires, you’ll want to take notes on this one. Thanks everybody! AJ Invest with Cedar Creek: https://cedarcreekwealth.investnext.com/portal/capital_raise/358/ Success doesn’t happen on an island, which is why I’ve launched the CRE Circle. Build your community, your resources, and your commercial real estate investing opportunities. That first or even next deal could be right around the corner. You can learn more about the CRE Circle and sign up here: https://www.thecrecircle.com/ Be sure to go to Selfstorageincome.com to get your copy of my Self Storage Playbook. This step by step playbook walks you through from start to finish - how to identify a self storage market, how to perform due diligence, how to contact a current owner, and ultimately how to land a deal and purchase a storage facility. You can also find the Self Storage Income Podcast on: iTunes Spotify Stitcher The Self Storage Income Podcast is Sponsored by: Janus International - https://www.janusintl.com/ Live Oak Bank - liveoakbank.com/incomepodcast Tenant Inc. - https://www.tenantinc.com/ Cedar Creek Wealth: https://cedarcreekwealth.com/