Summary: Self storage properties are one of the most reliable income producing assets within the real estate sector. According to the NAREIT* the self storage asset class has achieved an average annual return of 16.85% over the past 25 years. Self -Storage has outperformed apartments ( 12.93%), retail (12.04%), office (12.15%), and the S&P 500 (7.06%) over that same time period. Demographic shifts and trends in moving support continued growth. More...