Joe DownsCEO & Co-Founder, Belrose Storage Group. Founder, Storage Moguls.

You Do Not Have to Be Local to Invest in Self Storage and Here Is the Proof

15 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Joe Downs argues you don't need to live near a self-storage property to own it. His company has acquired 23 to 24 facilities, with the closest one still an hour and a half away from his base.

We preach this all the time. We— I talk about it on this podcast. We talk about it on— we'll talk about it on the, on the Monday Night Storage Show with Kristen. Um, we've spoken it from the stage. You don't have to be local in real estate. We always think we have to be local, um, and we don't. And not in self-storage. Um, the closest facility I've mentioned— what about— I don't know how many we've acquired. Oh, 23, 24, something like that. We've acquired storage facilities in my company. Um, the closest one is an hour and a half away.