Jacob Vanderslice is a Principal at VanWest Partners, a Denver-based real estate investment firm focusing on the acquisition and management of self-storage centers and other opportunistic real estate throughout the United States. VanWest has established a track record with over $195mm in real estate assets. Jacob and his partners’ success is driven by a commitment to delivering an expertly-executed, adaptable strategy with an institutional investment approach.  

KEY POINTS

1. Why Jacob focus on self-storage than any other asset-classes
2.  Diversification in real estate
3. Investing in self-storage during a changing economy 
4. Why self-storage management is critical
5. Value-add opportunities in self-storage
6. Factors to consider in choosing a self-storage properties
7. Debt and lending options for self-storage
8. Self-storage investing advice

LIGHTNING QUESTIONS

1. What was your biggest hurdle getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?

• Not knowing anything, making mistakes, and being under-capitalized. Overcame it over time by doing deals, learning about operations, execution, underwriting, and financing, and just learning by doing.

2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?

• Calendar blocking to focus on the important and less of the urgent.

3.  Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?

• Daily Mail
• LinkedIn

4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?

• In the Kingdom of Ice book by Hampton Sides

5. If you’d go back and give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started investing in real estate, what would you tell?

•  “Don’t sell anything.”

RESOURCES

Email: jacob@vanwestpartners.com

LinkedIn

VanWest Partners

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