Underwrite Like an Owner
ValuePrice any facility on real net operating income so you know your number before you ever make an offer.
Free training for Self Storage Income members
How to Value a Self-Storage Facility So You Never Overpay
Watch the exact way experienced buyers price a facility, spot an overpriced deal, and know their real number before they ever make an offer.
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Self Storage Income
Facility Valuation
1,000+
Members through the SSI program
$400M+
Transacted in self storage by AJ
Under 60 days
Fastest member to a first deal
The SSI acquisition system
Valuation Is One Domino. Here Is the Whole System.
The training shows you how to price a facility so you never overpay. That is where it starts. Buying right, financing it, and running it are what turn a good number into a real return. We do not hand you deals. We make you able to find, value, and close them yourself.
Valuation snapshot
Same facility
Priced on the asking price
$1.24M
Based on hope and gross revenue. Walk away.
Priced on real NOI
$865K
Your number, backed by the math. Make the offer.
Net operating income
Market cap rate
True market rents
TractIQ Market Intelligence
ValidateEvaluate supply, demand, competition, and pricing with real market data before you commit capital.
Sourced Deal Flow
SourceReach opportunities in secondary and tertiary markets beyond the same listings every other investor is watching.
Creative Acquisition
FinanceUse the seller financing, SBA, and low-down structures our members use to buy right without tying up every dollar.
Direct Operator Advisory
ExecuteGet deal-specific guidance from active operators as you move from offer to ownership.
What you walk away with
Put all five together and you can value any facility on sight, name your number with total confidence, and buy right before you ever sign. That is the difference between watching deals go by and owning them.
Member results
Real operators and real deals. Numbers you can verify.
These are members who came through the program and bought. A handful of the 1,000+ who have. Every card reads the same way: who they were, the result, the numbers.
CharlesW-2 earner, kept his job
$628,778 in value on one deal
3Properties bought
0%Seller financing
$3MNow valued at
Bought three properties after losing his home in a wildfire. His is now the only storage in town, valued at $3M.
ShoE-commerce operator
3 facilities in under a year
<60dTo first contract
$1.15MBelow market
3Deals in 12 months
Zero storage experience. Negotiated an on-market $2.9M facility down to $1.75M using the SSI valuation process.
PeterFirst-time buyer
$189K below asking price
1stFacility, 47 units
10%Down, SBA
6 moTo first deal
Took a $699K asking price down to $509,999 and bought his first facility for less than a rental house.
Caleb & ElizabethFirst-time owners
$247,500 first acquisition
+3.7ptCap rate jump
$27.5KUnder asking
+$9.2KNOI increase
Cap rate went from 9.07% to 12.78%. Bought from mom-and-pop owners running paper slips, no website, no rent raises.
Jingwen & MatthewW-2 earners
380 units via seller financing
2Facilities
$4,600Cash flow / mo
$120KNOI
Chose storage over rentals on a $1.19M purchase. The depreciation offsets their W-2 income.
Jacob TeelGeneral contractor
3 facilities bought in 2025
$50KDown on $235K deal
$17KNOI
3Deals in 2025
Shifted from residential building into storage, bringing his family into due diligence and operations.
Individual results vary and are not guaranteed. Examples are provided for educational and illustrative purposes only.
Is this you?
Who this is for, and who it is not.
Be honest with yourself here. The call is worth your time only when the fit is right, and it works both ways.
This is for you if you…
- Are actively looking at facilities or analyzing deals right now.
- Have $100K or more in capital ready to deploy, or clear access to it.
- Are sitting on a deal and unsure whether the numbers really work.
- Plan to buy within the next 3 to 6 months.
- Want to own and operate the asset yourself, hands on.
This is not the right fit if you…
- Want a broker to find and hand you a finished deal.
- Are looking for a fully done-for-you facility you never touch.
- Prefer hands-off, purely passive returns.
- Have no capital to deploy and no timeline to buy.
- Are still deciding whether self storage is even for you.
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On the fence? Get on a call and we will tell you honestly if it fits.
Who is teaching this
He overpaid early. Then he built the system.
AJ
Active operator
Founder, Self Storage Income
AJ Osborne
AJ learned valuation the hard way, then built a repeatable system for pricing and buying storage that scaled into a portfolio of more than $350M across 1.2M square feet. Self Storage Income is where he teaches that exact system to operators buying their own facilities.
Before you book
Common questions
What the call is, what it is not, and what happens when you book it.
No. SSI does not sell you a facility. We give you the tools, sourced deal flow, valuation framework, and operator guidance to find, value, and close your own facility. The call is about your situation and your numbers.
Your next move
Bring a Deal. We Will Pressure-Test the Numbers.
You have seen how to value a facility. Now put it to work. Get on a call and walk through a real deal with the SSI team.
Free intro call
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No generic pitch. A real conversation about your situation.
Book Your Call
01 Get your target valuation range.
02 Find the deal-killers before you offer.
03 Leave with a clear next step.