The short answer is yes. Pricing for self-storage facilities is as attractive now as it has ever been for a few different reasons. The first comes down to simple supply-demand. There are fewer properties on the market right now than there have been at any point in time in the past five years. And there are actually more buyers than we have ever seen before.… Read More »Is Now A Good Time To List And Sell My Self Storage Facility
We are here with the Karr Self-Storage team in Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth, Texas office. Today we will talk about our brand new website. If you visit www.karrselfstorage.com, moving forward once every week or so, we’re going to be updating our site with our new “Ask The Broker” video blog series. The video blog is designed to bring informative content to you so that… Read More »Karr Self-Storage Welcome and Introduction
Meet our New Partners – Metropolitan Capital – Now a Part of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation Today we are discussing the capital markets for not just storage, but everything that’s going on in the marketplace in general right now. And, we’re here in the new Dallas office and part of the Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation now. I thought it’d be a good opportunity… Read More »Meet Our New Partners – Metropolitan Capital
Many times when I introduce myself to storage owners and I tell them that I’m a broker, they say something along the lines of, “Oh, so you want me to sell my property?” And the truth is that I have no idea if it’s even the right time for you to sell. Of course, as a broker, I’m only going to make my commission when… Read More »So You’re A Broker – Learn More About Our Brokerage
People today wonder about interest rates and how they impact their property’s value. Some owners also ask whether or not we could sell their property for more money now that interest rates have reached near record lows. The answer to this question is that while we definitely need to look into the situation more deeply, the suspicion is that yes, it is quite likely that… Read More »How Are Low Interest Rates Impacting My Property
A client of ours called us the other day and we were looking at loans. She was thinking about buying one of the properties that we had listed and so I thought I would bring this topic here to discuss as well, that topic being cash on cash return. So what is cash on cash return? How is it relevant to me, et cetera? Well,… Read More »How Is Cash On Cash Return Relevant To Me
Introduction Today we are discussing the capital markets in broad strokes with some finer points relative to the self-storage asset class. Specifically, with COVID, where are we today? Is the market influenced exclusively by where treasuries are? Is it sponsor specific? Is it geographically based? What about rates? Broad Strokes With a broad stroke, rates have relatively been unchanged from pre-COVID to the current environment.… Read More »How is Covid 19 Impacting Interest Rates and Leverage
Discussion about Capital Markets Introduction Karr Self Storage spends most of the time in the primary markets throughout Texas. But, one of the interesting things that were seen that is relative to the capital markets is an interest in secondary markets. A portfolio was recently closed out in The Permian in West Texas, not too long ago. And this was a unique transaction in the… Read More »How is the Size of the Loan Impacting Rate and Leverage
If there’s a question right now that seems to be on everybody’s minds, it is how is all this new construction going to be impacting the self-storage industry? Well, admittedly, there are a number of new facilities being built and it is something that is important to understand. Well, as specialists in the market, we have our finger on the pulse of what is going… Read More »What Is Going On With All The New Self Storage Construction?
At Marcus & Millichap, we have a lot of brokers who specialize in different product types, whether it be hotels, retail strip centers, or apartment complexes. And they’ll come to me and say, “Why is self-storage so popular? And the main reason is that self-storage does pretty well, even when we’re in economic downturns. And if you think about it, it really makes sense because… Read More »Why Is Self Storage Stable in a Downturn