About Storage Authority, LLC
- 1 in 10 U.S. families rent a self-storage unit - $39 billion dollar industry, projected to grow $1 billion per year for next 10 years. - Past 35 years, self-storage has consistently produced average returns of 20% plus.
Self-storage beats most other real estate sector investments with high returns - strong demand - low overhead & maintenance. Because it has one of the lowest failure rate and one of the highest profits for any real estate investment it is very loan friendly. And self-storage is SBA approved so you can borrow money at 15% down vs 35% most other lenders require. **What Makes Us Different... **We help our franchisees around the land mines of self-storage development. Including helping with finding and evaluating land, designs, approvals, and construction. We prepare them for a high tech and high touch operational systems and then back it up with a “ritz” Sale and Marketing program so their Storage Authority Self Storage facility will be a premium facility with premium rates. Storage Authority provides a compelling offering for the consumer market. With its systems and training for over the top customer service, premium brand consistency, quality assurance programs and our money back guarantee, along with our high end marketing and sales platforms we provide the best quality of service and value in the industry. When you combine the convenience provided through our storage locations with the premium brand and rates our franchisees are able to charge, you have a winning combination! **What we do: **Storage Authority caters to busy professionals seeking to diversify their income streams through self-storage, while maintaining their current careers. The Storage Authority Franchise model aims to streamline ownership, potentially reducing risk and saving time for franchisees. This opportunity is designed to offer a simplified approach to entering the self-storage industry, with the goal of creating an additional income source that could contribute to long-term financial planning. **We do it by providing:** - A personalized Road Map and the Storage Authority Dynamic Ease Series for self-storage development, operational, and high end sales & marketing success! - The Storage Authority Dynamic Ease Development Platform to find land, design, obtain approvals and build or buy your self-storage. - The Storage Authority Dynamic Ease Operational Platform for a very efficient high tech & high touch manager, website & kiosk driven self-storage - The Storage Authority Dynamic Ease Sales and Marketing platform to insure a premium Storage Authority Brand for extra profits most people could never make on their own. *“As the owner of a Civil Engineering company I was paid well to design commercial real estate developments and self-storage facilities but still trading hours for dollars. Not until I built my first self-storage did, I fully understand there was an alternative. I now own 3 self-storage facilities I designed, obtained approvals for and built. I have learned from 30 years in the self-storage trenches so our Franchisees can start day one as an expert.”* Marc Goodin CEO Storage Authority **Our Products And Services... **Storage Authority will provide independent operators with the systematic methods and framework from which they can have better-run premium facilities, increase market exposure, bolster consumer confidence, and grow revenue. The Company will also provide multiple proprietary systems related directly to serving the Self-Storage industry, including its "Dynamic Ease Systems for Development, Operations and Sale & Marketing.
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FDD facts
| Initial franchise fee | $69K |
| Royalty | 6% |
| Total investment | $6.0M - $12.0M |
| Liquid capital required | $1.5M |
| Net worth requirement | $2.0M |
| Year founded | 2014 |
| Year began franchising | 2015 |
| Business model | Both |
| Owner-operator required (Year 1) | No |
