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Risks and Opportunities in the Current Real Estate Market: Protecting Self-Storage Facility Value

There are many factors that affect self-storage facility value, and today's real estate market creates risks as well as opportunities for today's industry owners and investors. Read about cap rates, interests rates and other value influencers as well as ways to protect your ...More
July 31, 2011 By Ben Vestal
Posted in Articles, Finance, Real Estate
Real Estate Market Snapshot: Self-Storage in the Southeast States 2011

The self-storage real estate market is beginning to stabilize, and investors are once again seeking quality properties. To get answers to questions relevant to today’s facility owners, buyers and sellers, the author recently assembled a roundtable of real estate experts to ...More
March 3, 2011
Posted in Articles, Real Estate
The Commercial Self-Storage Real Estate Market: Decade in Review and Where Investors Go From Here

As we look back over the last 10 years, it’s encouraging to see cautious optimism present in today’s real estate market. Self-storage owners have the unique opportunity to capitalize on the recently improving real estate investment market, as values today are at the high ...More
February 9, 2011 By Ben Vestal
Posted in Articles, Real Estate
Self-Storage State of the Industry 2011: Real Estate

Despite the hardships suffered by many self-storage owners during the last three years, the flexibility afforded to storage facilities has helped the industry adjust to market fluctuations and avoid the devastating declines experienced by other commercial real estate ...More
December 21, 2010
Posted in Articles, Construction, Development, Finance, Real Estate
Real Estate Market Snapshot: Self-Storage in the Western States

The author recently assembled a roundtable of real estate experts to discuss the state of self-storage in the western region including the state of the market and how the industry will perform moving forward. ...More
October 30, 2010 By Ben Vestal
Posted in Articles, Development, Finance, Real Estate
Marcus & Millichap Hosts Free Webcast on Office and Industrial Market Outlook

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc. will host a free webcast on Sept. 22, 1:30 p.m. ET, titled, “Third Quarter 2010 Office and Industrial Market Outlook and Investment Strategies.” ...More
September 20, 2010
Posted in News, Finance, Real Estate
Financing Equity Shortfalls With Debt: Options Self-Storage Owners Can Use to Bridge the Gap

One of the most serious issues facing self-storage investors today is the potential equity gap that can be created upon the maturity of their existing debt. But there are options to bridge this gap. ...More
September 20, 2010 By Shawn Hill
Posted in Articles, Finance
A Closer Look at the Capital Markets: Self-Storage Remains an Attractive Investment During the Recession

Let’s not sugarcoat it: Capital markets are ugly and have been since September 2007 when the debt capital markets shut down. The bad news is the ugliness has persisted for three years. The good news is we’re closer to the end than the beginning. ...More
September 12, 2010
Posted in Articles, Finance
Refinancing Outlook for Self-Storage Owners: What You Can Expect From Today's Rates and Loan-to-Value Ratios

Self-storage finance expert David Smyle talks about the effect of the recession on self-storage and how it's likely to change the availability of credit for facility owners. He discusses the overall finance landscape, including rates and loan-to-value ratios, and the ...More
September 6, 2010
Posted in Articles, Finance
Is 2010 a Rebound Year for the Self-Storage Market? A Look at Acquisitions and Plans for the Next 'Game'

A closer look at marketing activity that shows self-storage is rebounding from the declines of the prior two years, and what operators can expect in the coming months. ...More
July 18, 2010 R. Christian Sonne
Posted in Articles, Finance, Real Estate

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