{"podcast":{"title":"Alt Funds Network","slug":"alt-funds-network-6503747","podcast_index_feed_id":6503747,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/pR4BJY_p","website_url":"https://altfunds.io","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ffc0f030-35f7-4026-84ea-4e17887f1e37/c34751dc-e482-4321-9718-e7e94c0bb2e9/3000x3000/generic-spotify.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Mike Schroeder & Skyler Steinke","episode_count":154,"summary":"The Alt Funds Investment podcast explores those making investments in the alternative asset landscape, as well as the vendors who service these funds. We provide resources for emerging managers and insights for those in the alternative fund space.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T02:17:32.593836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747"},"episode":{"title":"#148 Self-Storage Real Estate with Jacob Vanderslice of Van West Partners","slug":"148-self-storage-real-estate-with-jacob-vanderslice-of-van-west-partners","published_at":"2026-05-29T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747/148-self-storage-real-estate-with-jacob-vanderslice-of-van-west-partners","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747","url":"https://altfunds.io/episodes/148-self-storage-real-estate-with-jacob-vanderslice-of-van-west-partners-CMOoU8Mu","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/0464ed47-c2ab-46cf-ad4b-764e80811bff/376b141b-aa11-4686-8a52-449a3ea1a713/episodes/audio/group/dc37e5a0-ec38-4dcd-b9b7-e1ea42c1ee7e/group-item/02647668-210b-4a0d-95f0-4f2fbd689ecb/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=pR4BJY_p","summary":"Background: Jacob is a principal at VanWest Partners, a self storage owner/ operator based out of Denver. Description: ​​Mike Schroeder and Skyler Steinke interview Jacob Vanderslice, principal of Van West Partners, a Denver-based self-storage owner-operator with 42 assets (~21,000 units, ~3.3M sq ft). Jacob shares his 20-year real estate background—starting with single-family (1,000+ projects), expanding into commercial, then pivoting to self-storage to become a longer-term operator. He explains why storage is operationally intensive (break-ins, gate damage, illegal activity), highly supply-sensitive within a three-mile radius, and difficult to forecast due to month-to-month leases and varied unit pricing. They discuss demand tied to mobility and higher mortgage rates reducing moves, resilience vs other asset classes, challenges in acquisitions (modeled ~900 deals, bought one small deal with seller financing), the benefits of self-managing via Clear Home Self Storage, staffing and expense pressures, capital raising headwinds, and using AI for revenue management, call center automation, and investor reporting.","meta_description":"Background: Jacob is a principal at VanWest Partners, a self storage owner/ operator based out of Denver. Description: ​​Mike Schroeder and Skyler Steinke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alt-funds-network-6503747/episodes/148-self-storage-real-estate-with-jacob-vanderslice-of-van-west-partners/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747/148-self-storage-real-estate-with-jacob-vanderslice-of-van-west-partners.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}