Archive for January 2021

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Let’s talk about due diligence. Let’s say someone’s found this piece of property and it’s a decent location and so forth. What would be the suggestion for someone who is looking for, and walk us through a process that you go through? Assuming that you’ve found a property that you think might be an attractive…

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…