Why Self-Storage Is the Most Underrated Wealth-Building Asset Class in 2025
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management In a world where Wall Street cycles between hype over artificial intelligence, tech stocks, and consumer staples, a quieter story is unfolding in private markets. The self-storage industry—once dismissed as a niche, low-glamour segment of commercial real estate—has steadily outperformed expectations. In 2025, […]
Why the Smartest Investors Are Doubling Down on Self-Storage Right Now
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management In today’s unpredictable economic landscape, a growing class of sophisticated investors isn’t chasing shiny tech IPOs or betting big on volatile crypto assets. Instead, they’re doubling down on something far more stable, proven, and often overlooked: self-storage. From family offices to seasoned LPs, […]
Why Self-Storage Funds Are Becoming a Staple for Family Offices
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management As wealth managers and institutional allocators reevaluate portfolio resilience in a post-REIT, post-60/40 world, one asset class has quietly surged to the top of strategic allocation models: self-storage funds. Long overlooked as a niche play, self-storage is now a core holding among family […]
What Your CPA Wishes You Knew About Private Real Estate Investing
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management When your CPA pauses during tax season and says, “There’s more to private real estate than just depreciation,” they’re pointing to what often separates average property investors from high-net-worth clients and business owners raising institutional capital. This guide covers what your CPA truly […]
What Investors Get Wrong About Self-Storage and What the Data Says
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management In the world of real estate, perception often trails reality. Nowhere is this more evident than in the self-storage industry. For decades, many investors dismissed the sector as unattractive—a low-glamour niche focused on garages and padlocks rather than institutional-grade returns. But the data […]
The Sector That Quietly Outperformed: Inside the Self Storage Equity Strategy
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management While Wall Street headlines obsess over artificial intelligence, the tech sector, and which big names to buy stock in next, a less flashy—but quietly superior—investment story has been unfolding under the radar. Self-storage. This humble asset class has quietly outperformed not only consumer […]
The One Asset Class That Outperformed During Every Major Market Dip
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management For high-net-worth, accredited investors, one question looms large during economic turbulence: Where can I allocate capital that actually performs when markets falter? History points to one overlooked but proven answer: Self Storage. While the stock market, government bonds, and even traditionally “safe” real […]
Is Your Alternative Portfolio Missing This Key Asset?
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management For decades, accredited investors, family offices, and institutional managers have built wealth through carefully balanced allocations of stocks and bonds. While these remain the backbone of most client portfolios, the market cycles of the last two decades have exposed the limits of traditional […]
How to Protect Capital and Build Cash Flow Without Betting on the Stock Market
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management For generations, investors have been told that long-term wealth comes from owning a mix of stocks and bonds. And while this traditional playbook has produced returns for some, recent market volatility has left many asking a different question: How do I protect capital […]
How to Spot a Top-Tier Sponsor in a Sea of Flashy Marketers
Authors: Matt Blackwell & Michael Rieger, CFA | Reliant Real Estate Management In today’s investment world, it’s not hard to find sponsors promoting opportunities. The challenge is separating those with real performance from those who rely on vanity metrics. Anyone can buy followers, hire an agency for sleek branding, or even use AI tools to […]
