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REPLAY - 3 Rules for Building a Customer First Self Storage Empire
May 25, 2026
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Why Specialty Storage May Define the Next Decade
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REPLAY - Broker Secrets In A Changing Self-Storage Market
May 11, 2026
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How Pro Storage Compares to Traditional Self-Storage
May 4, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/25/26 |  REPLAY - 3 Rules for Building a Customer First Self Storage Empire✨ | self storagecustomer experience+4 | — | — | — | self-storagedigital revolution+6 | — | 26m 29s | |
| 5/18/26 |  Why Specialty Storage May Define the Next Decade✨ | self storageurban living+3 | — | — | Tuscany, ItalyU.S.+1 | self storageurban living+5 | — | 11m 22s | |
| 5/11/26 |  REPLAY - Broker Secrets In A Changing Self-Storage Market✨ | self storagereal estate investing+3 | David Perlleshi | Franklin Street | — | self storagebroker secrets+3 | — | 32m 23s | |
| 5/4/26 |  How Pro Storage Compares to Traditional Self-Storage✨ | self-storagepro storage+3 | — | Self Storagepro storage+1 | United States | self-storage investingpro storage+3 | — | 15m 44s | |
| 4/27/26 |  Is Solar-Powered RV Storage the Best Investment Strategy Right Now?✨ | self-storage investingsolar power+3 | Chris Koenig | — | CaliforniaPittsburgh, California | solar-powered storageRV storage+3 | — | 43m 37s | |
| 4/20/26 |  The Asset Class Next Door: Is Small Bay Flex the New Self-Storage?✨ | commercial real estatesmall bay flex space+3 | Cody Payne | FlexParks USA | — | small bay flexcommercial real estate+3 | — | 28m 03s | |
| 4/13/26 |  REPLAY - Time Is Money: Mastering Self-Storage Deals✨ | self-storagereal estate investing+3 | — | — | — | self-storageinvesting+3 | — | 27m 03s | |
| 4/6/26 |  The Commercial Storage Opportunity Most Investors Don't Even Know Exists✨ | commercial storageinvestment opportunities+3 | — | — | — | commercial storageself-storage+3 | — | 20m 28s | |
| 3/30/26 |  REPLAY - Attracting Passive Self-Storage Investors✨ | self-storagepassive investing+4 | — | — | — | self-storageinvestors+4 | — | 32m 52s | |
| 3/23/26 |  Why Sundae Is the Marketplace Self-Storage Investors Need✨ | real estateself-storage+4 | Josh Stech | Sundae | — | real estateself-storage+5 | — | 29m 34s | |
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| 3/16/26 |  How Ordinary Investors Built Extraordinary Wealth in Self-Storage | Send us Fan Mail What does it actually look like to walk away from a successful career and bet everything on self-storage…and win? Joe Downs sits down with Christin and Rod Blunk, a husband-and-wife team who completed over 450 residential real estate transactions before pivoting to self-storage in 2020. Fueled by a health crisis that revealed the fragility of active income, they got educated through the Self-Storage Academy, bought their first facility in Kentucky for $330,000, an... | 33m 50s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 |  Why Self-Storage Due Diligence Could Be Your Best Investment | Send us Fan Mail Could a few thousand dollars spent on a Property Condition Report actually save your self-storage investment…and pay for itself many times over? Joe Downs and guest David Harkness of Fivefold Technical Consultants prove exactly why the answer is yes. This is the inspection tool that saved Belrose and their students over $200,000 this year alone. David brings his engineering expertise, drone technology, and boots-on-the-ground experience to every acquisition,... | 38m 42s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 |  What the Iran Conflict Means for Self-Storage Investors | Send us Fan Mail When a U.S.-Israel military operation launches against Iran and the Strait of Hormuz hangs in the balance, what does that mean for your self-storage portfolio? Scott Meyers cuts through the noise of the Iran conflict to deliver the practical, market-savvy analysis self-storage investors need right now. Scott unpacks Operation Epic Fury's immediate impact on oil prices, interest rates, inflation, and real estate markets then makes the data-backed case for why self-... | 41m 46s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 |  The AI Competitive Advantage for Self-Storage Operators | Peter Smyth | Send us Fan Mail Is AI quietly becoming the most powerful competitive advantage in self-storage operations and are most operators already behind? Meyers sits down with Peter Smyth of White Label Storage, fresh off an industry panel on AI and self-storage at the Florida show. Peter breaks down how operators at every level, from single-facility owners to large portfolio managers, should be thinking about AI: not as a tech project, but as a gap-filling leverage tool. From agent... | 37m 04s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 |  You Probably Qualify for More Than You Think | Anne Mino | Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful financing tool in self-storage has been hiding in plain sight…dismissed, misunderstood, and underutilized by the very investors who need it most? Joe Downs sits down with Anne Mino, Senior Loan Officer at Live Oak Bank, the #1 SBA lender in the country by dollar volume for self-storage loans, to pull back the curtain on what SBA financing can actually do for self-storage investors. Anne reveals how a borrower earning $80,000 a year could ... | 36m 44s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  A Broker’s Warning to First-Time Self-Storage Investors | Send us Fan Mail Is the self storage market finally catching a tailwind again? Joe Downs sits down with broker Matthew Rosendale of Lindsey Self Storage Group to unpack what’s really happening behind the scenes from $345,000 “Crapper King” deals to $90 million institutional transactions. Matt shares how 2025 exceeded expectations for his team, why early 2026 is flashing green flags, and how Fed rate cuts and slowing new development could spark occupancy growth. They dive dee... | 34m 11s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  $325K Below Ask on Self Storage Deal #1 | Send us Fan Mail Your first self-storage deal doesn’t have to be perfect… it just has to get done. In this episode, Joe Downs sits down with Dr. Jeff Richardson, a full-time veterinarian who closed his very first self-storage acquisition while still working 30–40 hours a week in his practice. Jeff walks through his journey from feeling intimidated by his first deal to becoming informed enough to negotiate with confidence, assemble the right team, and ultimately close Canton Self ... | 35m 58s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 |  Sometimes the Best Deal is the One You Don’t Do | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Joe Downs flips the usual success-story script and dives into the close calls. The near-deals that, if closed, could’ve spelled financial disaster. Joined by VP of Acquisitions and lead mentor Jack Pezzino, they walk through four real-life stories from students in the Self Storage Academy who dodged costly bullets, from overvalued properties with shaky tenant bases to sketchy sellers and hidden tax time bombs. Each example offers a masterclass i... | 30m 15s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 |  The New Self Storage Asset Classes You're Probably Missing | Send us Fan Mail The best investors don’t wait for the market…they build for what’s next. Scott Meyers, usually behind the mic, becomes the guest as Joe Downs flips the script. Together, they explore the future of self-storage in 2026 and beyond, revealing why a subtle industry shift is actually a massive expansion into untapped opportunities like Boat & RV storage, industrial outdoor storage (IOS), flex space, and more. With decades of experience and a visionary approach, Sco... | 35m 18s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 |  How to Avoid the Mistakes That Cost Investors Millions | Send us Fan Mail What if one buried document could cost… or save…you millions? Joe Downs sits down with real estate attorney Jason Mandel to unravel the nerve-wracking tale of a nearly disastrous storage facility acquisition, dubbed “The Storage Attic.” With only minutes left in the due diligence period, Joe discovered the property was four feet underwater in a flood zone… not the two feet the 87-year-old seller claimed. The insurance premium? A jaw-dropping jump from $12,000 to $81,000... | 36m 24s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 |  Why Smart Investors Are Going All In on RV Storage | Send us Fan Mail What if you could invest in storage with 20-to-1 demand advantage, higher revenue per square foot, and almost zero REIT competition…but 95% of investors don't even know it exists? Joe Downs reveals the explosive boat and RV storage opportunity that's hiding in plain sight, with expert Sydnie Wilda from The Storage Manager exposing exactly why this overlooked sector could be your most profitable move in 2026. From the shocking supply-demand imbalance (600,000 new b... | 36m 26s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 |  How We Bought a Self Storage Facility Without a Bank Loan | Send us Fan Mail How do you buy a self-storage facility when interest rates are climbing and banks are tightening up? In this episode of the Self Storage Investing Podcast, host Joe Downs welcomes Belrose Group’s VP of Acquisitions, Jack Pezzino, for a conversation into how they pulled off a real-world self-storage acquisition using seller financing. Together, they break down their purchase of a 60,000+ sq. ft. "pro storage" facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, highlighting how they ... | 30m 47s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 |  The Expansion Deal that Almost Broke Us | Send us Fan Mail What if your “can’t-miss” real estate deal missed… hard? In this episode of the Self Storage Investing Podcast, guest host Joe Downs and Bellrose Storage Group partner Tim Kane share their first-ever expansion project; a textbook-perfect deal that was derailed by unforeseen pitfalls, a global pandemic, and shifting market dynamics. From zoning setbacks to COVID-related delays and the gut punch of rising interest rates, Tim and Joe walk us through the raw, honest journe... | 26m 09s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 |  Self-Storage for Blue-Collar Entrepreneurs | Send us Fan Mail From blue-collar grind to buying storage facilities, Kevin Stearns isn’t your typical investor, and that’s exactly the point. Joe Downs talks with Kevin, a former oil rig worker and dumpster rental operator who in just six months, went from learning the ropes to closing his first deal No fancy degree, no investor pedigree. Just drive, curiosity, and mentorship. Hear how Kevin went from heavy labor to passive income, why he sold his rentals, and how he’s now on his secon... | 30m 05s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 |  The 6-Figure Mistakes Self-Storage Investors Keep Making | Send us Fan Mail What’s the real cost of a bad self-storage deal? Try six figures…and that’s if you’re lucky. Joe Downs teams up with operations and acquisitions expert Jack Pezzino to uncover the real-world mistakes that separate self-storage winners from warning signs. With decades of experience and more than $50M in deals under their belt, the Belrose Group duo dives into the costly blunders new investors make, everything from believing national headlines over local data, to underest... | 34m 10s | ||||||
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