The Radius Podcast

The rippling variables of the pandemic have produced some positive ramifications for the self storage industry. Joseph Woodbury chats about the rise of both demand and supply that Neighbor has witnessed in recent months, and the likely reasons behind them. Topics covered:Disruption to the traditional self storage industry, and how Neighbor isn't exactly stealing customers, but instead likely creating new ones.The sharing economyThe effects of the 2020 pandemicCommercial real estateClimate change and physical infrastructureGeographic coverage based on market$53 Million in recent Series B fundingNeighbor:https://www.neighbor.com/Radius+:https://www.radiusplus.com/Storage Content:https://urt.io/watch

Jonathan Eakin from Radius+ interviews Dan & Laura Dotson virtually from their home in California, checking in on the couple as they make sense of the ongoing pandemic that has swept through the world. Like most of the country, the power couple has had to make some business sacrifices scaling back employees, but they continue to keep the pedal down pivoting to a more contactless environment, and aiming to come out of life-in-quarantine even stronger. What do they do for entertainment? Netflix's Tiger King or Gunsmoke of course.Their storage auction businesses:https://storageauctions.net/https://www.americanauctioneers.com/The CBD company their son has started:https://cbdcafeonline.com/Radius+:https://www.radiusplus.com/Storage Content:https://urt.io/watch

Tommy Nguyen joins Cory and chats about he helped to start StoragePug, from their origins, how they manage customer problems, to their workplace culture. StoragePug builds your self storage website into an easy, simple, and fun experience. Tommy has strong opinions on the future of SEO, you won't want to miss it. 

Cory Sylvester and AJ Osborne discuss the self storage sector in its entirely, vastly through the lens of investments.A little bit about AJ from the man himself:"At one point in time, I was a well-paid benefits consultant making good money. I had a great job and controlled my own time. I was convinced that I had beat the 9-5.Unfortunately, that wasn't true.I was stuck on a treadmill just the same as everyone else. If I stopped running, the money stopped coming in. Every time I lost a client I'd have to run hard to replace them or I'd lose that income. The only difference between me and anyone else was that I had more bosses!Frustrated, I set out to change this and do things differently than I'd done before.learned all I could and presented to my business partner that we should completely change what we were doing, everything that had gotten us to that point. Despite this being a complete 180-degree turn for us, he was on board.The result was building a self storage portfolio spread across four states worth over $100 million today that we own, manage, and operate. It can never fire us and always pays us whether we work or not. Whether it's health problems, job loss, or simply not living the life you want – creating financial independence through self storage gives you the opportunity to choose how to live your life. This is the goal I want to help you achieve. I want to help you gain financial control of your lives and break the chains that are holding you back from living the life you want.Join me as I share how I built financial freedom through self storage and how you can too.I hope you can use the information and education that I provide as a guide and an inspiration for growing your self storage portfolio and living a better life.- AJ”

Terry Campbell and Moe Kruger sit down with Cory Sylvester in this week's Radius+ podcast, discussing all matters of the self storage industry from lending, to development cycles, to the current state of affairs. 

Christian Sonne of Newmark Knight Frank Self Storage sits down with Cory Sylvester to chat through the most relevant topics within the self storage industry. 

The Radius+ team catches up with Dan & Laura Dotson from the A&E hit reality show "Storage Wars" to learn how they got into the storage auction business, and how they wound up being stars of the hit TV show. Did you know the program concept was Laura's brain-child that stemmed from a dream she had?! Find out more from the power couple in this weeks episode! Note this interview was conducted in the Fall of 2019, in Las Vegas Nevada. 

Cory Sylvester and James de Gorter sit down to discuss occupancy within the Self Storage industry.

Chloe Xu, Union Realtime's Software Development Team Lead, sits down with James de Gorter to discuss her journey, the technology industry, and what its like being a female in such a male-dominated field.

Anastasia Malagisi chats with Jordan Canino to discuss the landscape of acquisitions within the Self Storage Industry.  

On this episode we interview James de Gorter, co-founder of Union Realtime LLC. We dig into how the company was started starting from James' school days and early experience working for a hedge fund. Also, how to keep an agile company culture, and choosing between money and legacy.

Anastasia Malagisi sits down with Jon Dario, President at Manhattan Mini Storage, to discuss how he manages one of the top brands in self storage.