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What actually separates storage investors who scale from the ones who burn out? The deals, or the systems behind them?

Joe Downs sits down with his own business partner, Tim Kane, co-founder of Belrose Storage Group and Storage Moguls and head of acquisitions for a platform with 20+ facilities and over $70 million in storage assets.

Tim pulls back the curtain on the systems that took Belrose from three guys fixing gate codes at night to a multi-vertical platform spanning self-storage, Pro Storage, and industrial outdoor storage (iOS).

From defining roles before you scale to leveraging AI and fractional talent, this is the storage investing playbook for anyone weighing their first acquisition.

In a market this fragmented, the window to build your system is now.

Listen For:

2:38 Is self-storage as an organized industry really younger than McDonald's?

9:45 Do independent operators still own the majority of US self-storage facilities?

17:06 Does self-storage really have the lowest default rate in commercial real estate?

26:41 Is industrial outdoor storage commercial real estate's fastest growing asset class?

30:18 Does any single company own more than 5% of US self-storage?

CONNECT WITH GUEST: TIM KANE, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | VP OF OPERATIONS | BELROSE GROUP

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60 minutes

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