
Steven May
Self-storage investor who scaled from house hacking to owning a multi-facility self-storage portfolio before age 30, using cold-calling, operational improvements, and creative financing to grow rapidly.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 47min
317. We Bought 6 Self Storage Facilities While Working Full-Time
Nick May, a CPA and co-investor, and Steven May, a bootstrapped operator, built six self-storage properties while keeping full-time jobs. They talk about cold-calling sellers, turning run-down facilities profitable with simple operational tweaks, local financing advantages, marketing to fill units, recycling cash to scale, and balancing hands-on management with growth.

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Mar 2, 2026 • 49min
$3,500/Month Cash Flow from One Self Storage Facility (Same Price as a Rental)
Steven May, a self-storage investor who scaled from house hacking to a multi-facility portfolio before 30. He tells how he found an off-market $330K facility via cold-calling and turned it into $3,500/month cash flow. He explains operational fixes, financing hacks like seller carrybacks and lines of credit, and a repeatable playbook for quickly buying and scaling storage properties.


