EPISODE 1:

How AI Changes Storage Underwriting

There’s the analysis you can pull together fast, and the analysis you’d actually stand behind. Closing that gap is where the real work happens. And that’s exactly where this industry is headed next.

In this episode, Noah Starr and Thaddeus Campbell will work through a live listing from John Lindsey, from OM to Excel model to investment memo, in under an hour. 

You’ll see how each decision gets made, how assumptions get pressure-tested, and where the judgment calls sit that still belong to the underwriter.

We’ll show you how the process itself is changing, and give you a working example you can take back to your own deals.

 

details:

05.12.26 @ 1:00 CST

 

what to expect:

  • The step-by-step process and exact prompts to replicate this workflow on your next deal
  • The live Excel underwriting model and investment memo built on the call, yours to keep
  • John Lindsey’s listing OM

 

Register below for the first episode of The Smartest Hour.

*For educational purposes only. Not investment, legal, or tax advice.

Episode Host & Special Guests

LEADING SELF-STORAGE PROS

Noah Starr

CEO & Lead Host · TractIQ

 

 

Thaddeus Campbell

S3 partners

 

 

John Lindsey

Lindsey self storage

 

 

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