About this episode

The episode discusses the transformative impact of AI on self storage investing and how it can save significant costs and improve efficiency.

AI has changed everything about self storage investing . Not just for the REITs , but for the “small” self storage investor , too—the operator who owns just one or two self storage facilities . It’s so revolutionary that investors who dismiss it as the latest “tech trend” are at serious risk of becoming obsolete. My self storage business saved $1,000,000 in the last year alone by deploying AI throughout our company. It helped us cut over 250 man hours per month and has prevented us from hiring any extra staff, despite scaling our portfolio by 30% . Today, I’m showing you how to do it, too. Travis Morrow, CEO and Chairman of Storelocal , is seeing a very similar impact, and he’s only been working with these tools for a week . In this episode, we’re breaking down the specific ways we’re integrating AI within our self storage businesses—from automating self storage tasks and generating detailed reports to optimizing marketing strategies and eliminating organizational bottlenecks . AI is no longer the “future” of self storage . It’s arrived. And operators have two options: adapt or get left behind . Which one will you choose?    What you’ll learn in today’s show: The…

People in this episode

Host: AJ Osborne

Guest: Travis Morrow

Topics covered

• AI in self storage
• self storage investing
• business automation
• operational efficiency
• marketing strategies

Keywords

• AI
• self storage
• investing
• automation
• business efficiency
• marketing
• Travis Morrow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Storelocal

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