Self Storage Facility Investing And Placement
What is a good resource to find out more about a mini storage business? I am wanting to build or purchase one as an investment.  I heard there was consultants that helped you chose the area to put one in. I am just trying to find more information about them. Any help would be appreciated.   
[{"id": "ei2687q", "text": "following", "replies": [{"id": "ei2yypn", "text": "Thank You. I saw a bunch of stuff when I google searched. Just trying to make sure I found and not some BS website.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ei2e7q4", "text": "Marcus &amp; Millichap has a self-storage report:  \nhttps://www.marcusmillichap.com/research/researchreports/reports/2018/09/21/national-self-storage-research-report\n  \nMJ Partners puts out free Market Reports: http://www.mjpartners.com/research-market-reports.html    \n\n\n    \nA few links I pulled off CBRE's page about self storage:  \nhttps://www.insideselfstorage.com/  \nhttp://www.ministoragemessenger.com/  \nhttp://www.selfstorage.org/  \n  \nIf you're willing to pay for data:  \nhttps://www.selfstorage.org/Products-Services/Research-Data  \nhttps://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/self-storage-market    \n\nThere's lots of other shit you can find by googling \"self storage market report\"", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ei2z5uj", "text": "Is it better to find one already built or build one from scratch?  Or buy a C lot and upgrade to an A Lot? I know is a hard question to answer. I am just looking for an experienced answer. Thank You.  ", "replies": [{"id": "ei3d5t0", "text": "Can you handle the build/lease up period on a new construction?\n\nWould you have a manager in place?\n\nAdvertising?\n\nJust a few things to think of.\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ei4802g", "text": "I would suggest going to the Inside Self Storage National conference in Las Vegas happening a few weeks from now and go to all the educational seminars they have. Will give you the quickest and most thorough introduction into the basics of the business. Just Google ISS Las Vegas ", "replies": [{"id": "ei4cxth", "text": "I was going to ask about a convention. I will definitely look that up. Is it a week-long convention or just a weekend? I'm assuming since it's a large industry that's a pretty good-sized one?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]