All Forum Posts by: Ryan York

@Henry Clark For the $3,100 unit, is this a national company? If so, do you have contact info? Thanks!

@Henry Clark Thanks for the reply! Almost through all of your posts! Easily the most practical and valuable info I've found online. I'm willing to splurge on an appetizer at lunch now too. 

I should've mentioned this in my post. We will be in a warm weather climate - Arizona - so no snow. 

A few thoughts/replies:

1. Regarding rock surface - We definitely plan to do rock/gravel for phase 1 at least. We may pave the ground beneath the portable storage units if necessary, but the boat/RV will be rock/gravel. Will check out the fabric. Any other tips here? I saw a couple estimates for rock in your posts. Do you have an updated estimate for this cost? Maybe per acre assuming flat ground already. 

2. It is closer to population than recreation - roughly 50k population

3. Regarding orientation - great to know. I felt stupid not being able to figure out how you were getting driver side turns on both sides, unless they went in forward. So just nix the one way streets, eh? 

4. Regarding lights - Yes, plan to have light poles. Saw your estimate for these as well. Any tips here on spacing? I was looking at basically the cheapest option - https://www.ledspot.com/parkin...- 20-ft LED 150W with one square light for like $750. Any reason this wouldn't work, or reason to use the double light? 

5. Security - yes definitely. Will have the plate reader up front, on entrance I assume would be the best place. And then security cameras throughout. When you say build into the spots up front, are you saying there's no need to have them elsewhere? 

6. Any idea on cost to build that dump station and/or washing area? I've seen some pretty extravagant wash areas. 

@Henry Clark We're in hot pursuit of a new lot. What are your thoughts on this layout? it's roughly 7.5 acres total and would be a combination of boat/RV storage and janus MASS units. 

Green = 45x13 units

Orange = 40x12 units

Pink = 30x12 units

Green blocks in phase 2 are Janus MASS units. 10x20 portable storage units. Can fit 5 of those side by side in the middle rows and 6 in the end rows. Those are also back to back in the middle. 

Entrance is the white block in the bottom left. 

Transparent white with green border is phase 1.

Transparent black (top right) is phase 2.

Transparent white with purple border is phase 2/3. We would decide on this based on the demand for our phase 1 units.  

@Henry Clark Henry, somehow I missed all of these reponses. Thanks a lot for the info. Been reading all of your posts. It's great stuff! 

As for lunch, definitely! 

How are you projects coming?

@Henry Clark Have a link? 

I've read a whole bunch of other posts. 

Hi all,

Anybody have any tips on how to choose potential cities for boat and RV storage? We're looking to start with primarily covered and open storage. We're looking at lake cities now, but would love any recommendations on other metrics to look at. 

Thanks!

We have an 8 unit for sale in SE Michigan (not in Detroit) if anyone here is interested. Shoot me a message. 

@Amanda Kessler thanks joining the convo!

How do you typically handle that? We try hard to make sure we’re meeting with the decision maker ahead of time but it doesn’t always work out.

When we hear that initially, we try to set up a firm time and day to talk again versus just ok we will follow up.

Hey all

I’d like to try and build a comprehensive list of objections and rebuttals. We don’t all do the same thing but there’s a certainly a ton of crossover. Many of our conversations end up going down similar paths and I’d love to hear some potential alternatives to how we usually respond.

What are some of your most common objections and rebuttals to those objections?

Here’s a few to start:

1. Your price is too low.

2. I have to talk to my significant other.

3. We’re going to try to list on the mls.

@Thomas ModicaAmore I’d say there’s not much you can say. Make your offer and they’ll either accept or waste more money letting it sit. If they’re listing for something that outrageous then they either need a specific number or they aren’t motivated. Either way, shouldn’t affect your offer.