My guest today is the nation’s leading Self-Storage Investor and trainer.  He has bought, developed, and sold over 4,200 units and over 4 million square feet of commercial and self-storage properties.  Of course, I’m talking about Scott Meyers, who’s presentation at our 2019 Annual Conference was such a BIG HIT we’ve decided to bring him back for round two at the 2020 Michigan Landlord & Real Estate Investor Annual Conference & Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan this February 27th through 29th.  Go to www.rpoaonline.org to find out more. At this week's conference Scott will be sharing the latest strategies in Self Storage Investing: How to find undervalued deals where nobody else is looking, How to Convert distressed commercial properties into self-storage, How to evaluate a good market for self-storage, And how to fund those self-storage deals. And in today’s episode we’ll be talking about ways to mitigate risk in the next recession, why Self-Storage will continue to be a strong asset class, how Scott is raising private equity, the importance of training, coaching, and mentorship, ground-up construction, how Scott invests in multiple states, and the difference new technologies are making in the self-storage industry. There's a lot of great new information in today's conversation with Scott.  You can also listen to our previous conversation on Episode #159. And visit our show on Facebook to leave comments and ask questions by going to "RPOA Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast"