183. Nailing your First Self Storage Deal w/ Cameron Barsanti
Self Storage Income
AJ Osborne
4.9 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Starting out in Self Storage is no easy feat. We talk all the time about the finances and the underwriting and all the “prep work” that needs to be done before you attempt to acquire a facility. But now, you’ve done that, or maybe you aren’t in a position to wait any longer. You have to start looking for that first facility deal.
In this episode, we hear from Cameron, who went from loads of debt and 0 facilities, to over $30 million property valuations in just 2 years. When I met him, he was enthusiastic about the industry, but still harbored the fear and the uncertainty that we all experience when investing. He started learning all about the industry (and even joined my Inner Circle mentorship group), and made the jump to buy that first deal.
What exactly does it take to make that jump? To go all-in on that first deal? What factors do you need to consider, and what fears do you need to overcome?
Don’t miss this amazing episode with Cameron! Follow him on Instagram @storagekillercam
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My wife started listening to real estate podcasts. I just produced a feature film, which I lost |
| 0:06.6 | all of her life savings, really, in it. She listened about a month's worth. She sat me down |
| 0:13.4 | and basically said, okay, you're going to stop doing everything you're doing. And you're going to to start doing this and let me tell you I've |
| 0:23.7 | never been so obedient in my life and I stopped everything it was the easiest decision I made we had |
| 0:28.7 | no money in the bank we pulled out equity in our house we saw the opportunity started |
| 0:34.3 | you tubing and and and then um two years uh it's been two years. So two years ago, |
| 0:41.2 | that was a year into everything. We bought our first self-storage facility. So in the last 25 |
| 0:46.6 | months, we've managed to build up our self-storage portfolio to just shy of $30 million. |
| 0:53.2 | It was the biggest opportunity I had ever seen. |
| 0:55.8 | It was, you know, about passive income. It was about real estate investing and it's spending more |
| 1:01.2 | time with my family. What's going on everybody? Connor here from the self-storage income podcast. |
| 1:06.6 | This podcast is being brought to you guys by Live Oak Bank, Tenant Inc, and Janice International. |
| 1:12.8 | Maybe you're buying your first facility, maybe you're a seasoned veteran, whatever that might be. |
| 1:17.1 | You're going to need property management software, and that's where Tenant Inc. comes in. |
| 1:22.0 | They are going to be your solution, the top solution in the self-storage industry. |
| 1:29.3 | I'm telling you guys, this technology has been developed by self-storage owners and operators, just like us, just like us here at |
| 1:34.3 | self-storage income, who have had a say in how this technology has been built, have played a huge |
| 1:39.0 | part in it, and it is one of the most robust and usable and actionable and valuable tools in regards to |
| 1:45.6 | property management that you could ever utilize or find in the technology realm and all |
| 1:51.0 | things, self-storage. |
| 1:51.8 | So be sure, check out Tenant Inc. |
| 1:54.1 | Link is in the show notes. |
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