How the Top 3% AI Users in Self-Storage are Transforming Underwriting, Research, & Deal Flow
Episode 2: What we covered👇
Are you still manually underwriting self storage deals one address at a time? In Episode 2 of The Smartest Hour in Self Storage, TractIQ CEO Noah Starr sits down with three industry pros who have completely rebuilt their workflows using AI and TractIQ’s MCP connector — and the results are staggering.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Which self storage REIT grew occupancy year-over-year in Q1 (the answer is surprising)
- Which state has the highest NOI margin among CMBS-financed facilities
- How national 10×10 street rates have changed since 2019
- How to use Claude AI + TractIQ data to underwrite 52 deals simultaneously while you’re in a meeting
- How to build custom AI agents (skills) for demographics screening, zoning analysis, and deal scoring with zero coding experience
- Why prompt engineering is the most underrated skill in self storage acquisitions today
Featured guests:
- Taylor Bills – TractIQ Director of Research | How he cut REIT report production from days to half a day using Claude and an interactive data dashboard
- Chris Berg – Acquisitions & Self Storage Podcast Host | How he built a multi-agent deal screening system connected to his own CRM
- Matt Wess – My Place Storage | How he built a full pipeline underwriting tool with live TractIQ data, trade area maps, FEMA flood layers, and a custom data warehouse in 79 days, with no coding background
Resources and Downloads👇
- TractIQ Interactive Data Hub (free access): tractiq.com/interactive-data-hub
- TractIQ AI MCP Connector
Next episode: July 21st at 1:00 PM Central — TractIQ will be launching something new. Don’t miss it.
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