Why Invest in Self Storage?

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Hosted by Bob Simpson, today we shift the focus to answering the question "Why Invest in Self Storage?".
Learn from our host Bob Simpson and our expert guest, Gabriel Millard, Managing Partner at Avenue Living.
Today's questions of interest:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - What brought you to this investment concept and you current position at Avenue Living?
2:38 - Where did Avenue Living get its name?
5:13 - Could you tell us about the Self Storage concept?
8:46 - What makes self storage a better investment because of the use of technology?
13:52 - What percentage would you say are owned by individuals versus firms like yours when it comes to self storage?
16:35 - Are you a buy and hold strategy or do you put packages together then sell lumps to some institutions at premium prices?
19:12 - What do you people keep in self storage?
22:41 - What's what's happening in the marketplace in the prairies?
27:29 - What's important about being an active manager versus a passive manager?
31:42 - Can you explain what investors should expect in terms of returns, risk and liquidity?
33:24 - How has the self storage area been affected by interest rates?
36:23 - What's your level of leverage in this particular investment?
37:02 - How do you handle the debt? Are you more fixed term or are you more floater on this?

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