Hi all. I'm planning on doing a live episode of Storage Unlocked in Houston during the lunch break. My goal is to get as many basecamp members to hop on for a couple of minutes as I can. If you are going to Houston and would be up for joining me with ONE major takeaway (we will be one and a half days in at that point) I'd love to hear from you in the comments! Thanks in advance.

Anyone else planning to be there? I'll be at Flex Connect this year. Two days, fully focused on flex and small bay: construction costs, financing and capital stacks, deal structure, live underwriting, the real operator stuff, not general CRE fluff. I negotiated a discount rate for Basecamp members, link below contains the discount code. Also floating an idea: if there's enough interest, I may put together a casual networking event, happy hour, dinner, the evening before (Sept 29th) for anyone in town early. Drop a comment if that's something you'd want, that'll help me gauge numbers. I am not affiliated with the conference, but I attended it a couple years ago and found it very informative. https://flexspaceconnect.com/home?am_id=willskillman8975

I have been going back-and-forth on a 96,000 SF development. I did my due diligence, but the market data that I could find was sparse at best. So I delayed...and delayed. I just couldn't get comfortable and my lender was asking questions that I just didn't have data to support. Finally I engaged Wayne Bares and Cody Payne at Small Bay Feasibility to build a feasibility study that would give me the data that I needed to feel confident with the project. The Feasibility study they provided is very comprehensive. It supported many of my assumptions, and provided a list of conditions that I need to address to improve the chance of success. My lender loved it and I now have real data, provided by an industry leader, to support my investor pitch deck (not just assumptions). I have always been a value-add investor and have that process down. Now I have the resources and confidence to jump into developing a larger small bay complex. If you are experiencing the same challenges finding real data in your market to support your small bay development, reach out to Wayne and Cody. It is worth the conversation. wS

I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Houston for the Flex Space Connect Conference. I organized a Basecamp networking event the night before the event. It will be great to meet many of you in person. Date: Tuesday, September 29th Time:6:00-9:00 PM Venue: The Flying Saucer, Sugar Land Town Square (private room in the back) Walking distance from the Marriott, which is hosting the conference. No agenda, no slides, just a chance to put faces to the names you've been seeing in the community every week. Come have some food, a drink, talk shop, and meet the people building alongside you. Hope to see you there. wS

This is a huge debate on our development projects. PEMB vs Tilt vs Wood Frame construction. Which do you prefer and why?