{"podcast":{"title":"Self Storage Income","slug":"self-storage-income-255774","podcast_index_feed_id":255774,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147504576/feed","website_url":"https://www.selfstorageincome.com/podcasts/self-storage-income-2","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2147548671/podcasts/02d0f10-e5ad-fb60-e12-34d5a118edf_97f934aa-0276-4e33-a186-61b7ea25b74f.png","author":"AJ Osborne","episode_count":353,"summary":"The authority on creating wealth and income through self storage. Find our video podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaCszL7eN9T7EixaJgL49WTLsT-CWLD1","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T08:22:34.104095+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/self-storage-income-255774"},"episode":{"title":"349. From “Accidental” Investor to Owning 13 Self Storage Facilities (2,800+ Units!)","slug":"349-from-accidental-investor-to-owning-13-self-storage-facilities-2-800-units","published_at":"2026-05-19T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/self-storage-income-255774/349-from-accidental-investor-to-owning-13-self-storage-facilities-2-800-units","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/self-storage-income-255774","url":"https://www.selfstorageincome.com/podcasts/self-storage-income-2/episodes/2149207093","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149207093.mp3","summary":"Self storage was never part of Tanner Herget’s plan. He started as a customer, renting a unit for his restaurant equipment. A year later, he bought the self storage facility . That property had 180 units. Today, it has 460. And that was just his first deal. Since then, Tanner has tightened his buy box , refined his investing strategy , and scaled his self storage portfolio to 13 facilities and over 2,800 units—all managed remotely by just two office employees. His playbook? Buying small self storage investments at a discount, then adding massive value through expansions and operational upgrades , one property at a time. This is how Tanner creates enormous wealth, making $500,000 per self storage facility . Today, he, AJ, and Conner are breaking down how to recycle the same capital again and again, dial in the ideal unit mix at your facility, and improve operations through vertical integration . If you’re in self storage for more than just extra cash flow or tax benefits —and want to build true generational wealth —pay close attention to what Tanner’s doing.   What you’ll learn in today’s show: How this “accidental” investor scaled to 13 facilities and over 2,800 units The self storage expansion playbook that makes $500,000 per facility Increasing revenue with a vertically-integrated self storage business Three steps to maximizing occupancy at any self storage facility How to build generational wealth through self storage investing — Grab AJ’s Book, Growing Wealth in Self-Storage 2.0  -  https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Wealth-Self-Storage-2-0-Post-Pandemic/dp/1735258865  ","meta_description":"Self storage was never part of Tanner Herget’s plan. He started as a customer, renting a unit for his restaurant equipment. A year later, he bought the se…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3717,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/self-storage-income-255774/episodes/349-from-accidental-investor-to-owning-13-self-storage-facilities-2-800-units/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/self-storage-income-255774/349-from-accidental-investor-to-owning-13-self-storage-facilities-2-800-units.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}