Nick Martell
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Is shaking the economy.
Emptying one nest and filling up another one.
First, you got Gen Z flocking to estate sales to flip boomer blouses on eBay.
And now the booming storage units filled with your mom's third air fryer.
Get this, Yetis.
There are now more storage unit facilities in America than there are Subway, Dollar General, and CVS stores.
Combined.
I actually know somebody who bought a barn and turned what used to be horse stalls into storage units.
It's good passive income for this dude.
It's a profit puppy.
It's boring.
It's unsexy, but it is consistent.
This is mailbox money.
It's landlord money.
If you own a storage unit, that check is going to arrive in that mailbox every single month.
But unlike estate sales, storage units are causing a major local backlash.
Storage shaming.
Jack, you can't spell storage without rage.
I just want to point that out.
Since 2019, cities and towns in 15 states have banned the new development of storage facilities.