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REIA 289 Jacob Vanderslice: Inside Look at Self Storage Investing

Jacob Vanderslice is 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. By focusing on this conservative and growing real estate sector, VanWest has established a track record with over $195mm in real estate assets. 

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Main Points:

  • Using your self-directed IRA as a diversification vehicle to invest in real estate
  • Investing in self-storage during an economy of change
  • Self Storage and Retirement
  • How to compete with REITs
  • Diversifying your portfolio
  • self storage market status
  • Self storage performance history
  • Self Storage scalability
  • Self Storage Syndications/Funds
  • self storage management
  • cash flow

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Biography of Jacob Vanderslice:

Jacob Vanderslice is 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. By focusing on this conservative and growing real estate sector, 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. The diverse background of VanWest’s principals allows the company to look at investments outside the traditional, single focus strategy of many companies. Uncovering value when the value is not obvious allows Jacob and his team to maximize investment performance to their stakeholders. Jacob is passionate about educating investors about self-storage, urban infill repositioning, redevelopment of distressed commercial assets, and other untraditional investment opportunities. He focuses on investments driven by data and reveals and maximizes opportunities to make a positive and lasting impact in the lives of his clients and investors.