I want to quickly reset the vision for this group, where we are now, and how we’re moving forward. What this group is about This was never meant to be a “course to sell.” The intention from day one has been: - A place to partner, collaborate, and ask questions. - A place to learn the self‑storage business together (finding deals, underwriting, operations, creative finance). - A place to share tools, resources, and lessons learned. - And ultimately, a place to bring real self‑storage deals so members can learn from them and, where it makes sense, participate as partners or investors. Phase 1: Gauging interest (where we came from) I started SSIC here on Skool mainly to see if there was real interest in a self‑storage‑focused group. I kept things intentionally light while I worked behind the scenes: - Building the acquisitions side of the business. - Building the capital side so we can actually bring people into projects. On the acquisitions front, we’ve recently added three people to the team – a realtor, a broker, and a business broker, all to expand our outreach and deal sourcing. The goal is to start bringing live self‑storage opportunities into this group for us to review, learn from, and potentially partner on. Phase 2: Education + community (what happens here on Skool) Skool will be our home base for: - Community and conversation (posts, questions, wins, deal ideas). - Education: trainings, underwriting walkthroughs, and Q&A. - Replays of group calls. - Resources: spreadsheets, checklists, scripts, and SOPs. You’ll see this get organized into a few simple areas: - Classroom: core trainings and recorded sessions. - Deals: threads where we post and break down specific self‑storage opportunities together. - Resources: links, docs, calculators, checklists - Events: live underwriting calls, strategy sessions, and Q&A. Phase 3: Investing together (how we’ll handle deals) When we start inviting members into actual investments, we’ll use a dedicated investing platform that is built for group ownership and compliant capital raises (initially something like Fractional, and in time, potentially a proper SEC‑compliant fund or fund‑of‑funds structure).