Curious what’s actually working for everyone on the marketing / lease-up side. Here’s what I’ve done so far on my small bay project (4 units, 20x40): 1. Paid for LoopNet Listing ($400 quarterly) → this did work. Landed an out-of-town cabinet shop tenant from it. 2. Facebook Marketplace + local FB group posts → lots of interest, but lower quality leads. 3. Road signage at the property. Been running these adds 90 days during completion of construction and only have one tenant to show for it. Biggest issue I’m running into: I’ve had multiple strong “yes” prospects that end up ghosting. - Two pre-lease contractors were very interested → construction took ~30 days → both ghosted. - One luxury storage type guy literally shook my hand, said he’d take it and prepay a year → then disappeared a week later. So I’m trying to tighten up: - how I handle inbound leads - how I follow up - and maybe where I’m even advertising I’ll attach my LoopNet listing + a FB Marketplace example. Questions for the group: - What platforms are actually producing real tenants for you? - Are you doing anything different to lock people in during lease-up? (deposits, soft commitments, etc.) - Any tips on filtering out the tire-kickers early? Appreciate any feedback — still dialing this in.

Hotshots - What would you do if you had to start over? Built a 4-Bay, rented it out in 30 days. Should cashflow awesome. Building for $55/SF renting for $14.25/SF/YR in WV and its not even a hot market. I'd put my product more towards luxury/business storage. I feel like I'm on to something.. BUT I'm not daddy Warbucks. Currently a GC project manager, make about $100K, have a wife and 3 kids. Middle class grind. Dipped the savings, sold silver bars, took a loan on the house to build the first one. Money down is my biggest constraint. Condo-ing? Sell some as spec? Get investor money? Camp out and save up $$$?

Do you pass on deals that have automotive tenants in the property? Obviously that's why we do environmental assessments, but there is always the contamination risk during the hold period. Even when the lease language has the right protections these are still small businesses that might be long gone after you discover contamination

Curious what everyone is actually building in this multi tenant small-bay flex space. In my market (WV), most of what I see is pretty basic: - Metal stud or girt partitions in PEMB - Metal liner panels - No real fire rating, open above or at least not sealed I went down a whole AI code rabbit hole and ended up putting a layer of 5/8 drywall on each side of a wood framed wall and then covered with metal liner. I know the International Building Code doesn’t always force a rated wall in these setups depending on how it’s classified, but curious where everyone lands in practice. What are you guys doing on your builds? - Just standard non-rated walls? - Full 1-hour assemblies? - Anything in between? And more importantly—why? Cost, code, insurance, tenant expectations?

Hello, what is the best software that incorporates all property management features - rent collection, accounting, maintenance, etc. Thank you