Buying A Storage Facility At 17
When I was 17 I bought my first self storage facility.
I had to convince my Mom that I wasn't an international drug dealer because I was receiving cash and checks in the mail. I had to convince my tenants that the 17 year old calling them wasn't trying to scam them for rent money wasn't a scammer. Lastly, I had to turn around a self storage property with 50% occupancy; no website; paper contracts; and tenants paying with cash and checks. Oh, and still to go to school.
When I looked for storage software, I only found software that helped me run my facility. I didn't have time to run my facility, I needed my software to run my facility for me. So I built the first version of Landlord storage software.
Hunter (17) and his Dad in front of his first facility
With this software, a reliable handyman on call, and Landlord's customer support agents I automated my facility so that I spent 1 hour a week managing occasional issues.
Now, my facility had 24/7 call answering and an SEO optimized website. I had the software run some promotions and within 3 months my facility went from 50% to 94% occupancy.
Even more mind blowing, after 2 years I sold the facility for double what I bought it for.