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Real Estate Rookie

340: Why Self-Storage Beats Rental Properties w/AJ Osborne

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

How To, Education, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Self-storage investing saved AJ Osborne’s life. After sudden paralysis and being left in a coma, AJ was fired from his job. He couldn’t work, walk, breathe, or do anything without assistance. Strapped to a hospital bed, with only the ability to blink “yes” or “no” to the doctors, AJ didn’t have to worry about bills getting paid or whether his kids would have a happy Christmas—self-storage took care of his finances while he miraculously recovered. For this reason and many others, self-storage may be the best real estate investment on the planet. But you’ve probably never considered it or looked into buying a facility. For less money, self-storage facilities produce more cash flow, less headache, and significantly lower risk than rentals. Even better? There are no clogged toilets or broken refrigerators. Just four walls and a metal door—that’s the entire investment. In today’s show, you’ll be brought to the light side, seeing how self-storage, a traditionally unsexy asset class, beats rental properties in almost every way imaginable, plus how this asset was able to save AJ’s life and financial future. AJ even explains why now may be the BEST time to get into self-storage. In This Episode We Cover AJ’s unbelievable story from paralysis to comatose to walking and making millions How to make progress in your life or business during times of severe physical or mental pain The “greatest thing” that ever happened to AJ that made him a success Why self-storage facilities beat rental properties in almost every way imaginable AJ’s self-storage playbook and how he finds the best facilities to buy Investing in 2023/2024 and why now may be the PERFECT time to buy a facility Why self-storage makes the perfect “recession-resistant” asset And So Much More! Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-340 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is real estate rookie episode 340.

0:04.4

My name is Ashley Kerr and I'm here with my co-host Tony J Robinson.

0:09.7

And welcome to the real estate rookie podcast where every week, twice a week,

0:13.8

we bring you the inspiration, motivation,

0:16.0

and stories you need to hear to kick start

0:17.5

your investing journey.

0:18.8

So today, November 16th, the day of this airs

0:22.4

is my birthday and Tony got me the best birthday present ever.

0:27.6

Today, our guest for my birthday is A.J. Osbourn, the self-storage king.

0:35.0

Yeah, A.J's story is incredible guys and I'd say maybe the first 20 minutes of this conversation,

0:41.0

we dive deep into A.J's background. And if you haven't heard the story, when we talk about motivation,

0:46.3

A.J. story is that you're going to hear a lot about the journey that he went through to get to where he is today.

0:51.0

And then after that 20 minute mark is when we get really, really deep into the

0:55.4

self storage 101, everything you need to know if you want to get your first self storage unit today.

1:00.0

And I literally ended this episode and you'll hear me say this at the end that I now need to get my first self storage unit because that's how good AJA made self storage investing sound.

1:09.6

But also a lot of the advice he gives is applicable to any asset strategy you are doing

1:14.8

especially in today's current market conditions. You guys know the drill

1:19.1

before we get to the episode let's hear a word from our show sponsor. Our current

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1:37.4

seller financed 2.99% interest rate where the average cash flow is over $900 per month.

1:45.0

They also have options where you can put as low as 5% down on multiple investment properties with no PMI.

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