Operator-led, not fund-managed
Every deal is sourced, operated, and managed by the same team.
Journey.DirectSGF11 · Springfield, MO MSA
Not through a fund. Not through a REIT. Directly, in an eleven-facility, 3,766-space portfolio across the Springfield MSA. Springfield isn’t just another market to us… it’s home.
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Journey.Direct · Dallas, TX
Privileged & Confidential · Q3 2026
JOURNEY.DIRECT™ is the platform. Self storage is the opportunity. JOURNEY.STORAGE™ is the operator.
Every deal is sourced, operated, and managed by the same team.
$200M+ in acquisitions built on operational transformation, not market timing.
JOURNEY.DIRECT™ co-invests in every deal, and guarantees debt, as needed.
A stabilized-to-lease-up portfolio across the three submarkets of the Springfield MSA, bought at $72.50 per NRSF. Springfield isn’t just another market to us… it’s home.
Occupancy shown per facility. Select a facility to open its page.
Recently expanded with new drive-up and climate-controlled spaces. Refreshed hardscapes throughout.
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Recent expansionHardscapes partially recently refreshed. Well-kept facility in the growing southwest corner of Springfield.





The portfolio’s largest asset, in active lease-up. Recently expanded with new drive-up and climate-controlled spaces; hardscapes refreshed throughout.





Recently expanded with new drive-up and climate-controlled spaces. New office concept recently installed.





Recently expanded with new climate-controlled spaces. Retail/office suites provide upside potential.





Recently expanded with new drive-up spaces. Surrounded by single and multi-family residential housing.





Recently expanded with new drive-up spaces. Brand new gate and fencing. Growth in every direction.





Recently expanded with new enclosed boat & RV spaces. Extremely well maintained throughout.





Recently upgraded with new roll-up doors on the larger spaces. Located across from a major shopping hub.





Recently expanded with new drive-up and climate-controlled spaces. Located between Nixa and Ozark.





Adaptive-reuse climate-controlled conversion, recently expanded with 89 new drive-up gated spaces.





A new golden age of self storage wealth creation is beginning. Operators, not developers, will define the next decade.
2026 onward projected
Operators can push revenue without new competition diluting demand.
Natural demand is catching up. Absorption is outpacing new deliveries for the first time in years.
Regional portfolios attract institutional buyers at compressed cap rates. Selling at a 5% cap vs. a 6% cap is a 20% difference. The long game: an 8–10 year exit at scale.

Grades rate the facility and its website separately. Across the MSA the pattern repeats: waitlists, sold-out sizes and no way to rent online.
| Grade | Facility | Web | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Nixa Mini Storage | B- | Older, run-down facility |
| B+ | Austin U-Store – Nixa | D- | No pricing · no online rentals |
| B- | Self Storage of Nixa | B- | Only 2 sizes available |
| A | Elite Storage Centers | B- | Sold out on many standard sizes |
| A | ClimaStore24 | F | Nice facility · website non-functional |
| C- | Mid-Town Storage of Nixa | B+ | No vacancy · waitlist on every size |
| B+ | Silverback Storage – Nixa | B+ | Waitlist on several sizes |
| D | AAA Storage Village – Nixa | B- | Very rough facility · 2 sizes left |
| C- | Heartland Storage | B+ | Only a handful of units left |
| C- | Ozark Hilltop Storage | B- | No vacancy · no CC units |
| C- | Heartland Storage #2 | B+ | Only 2 sizes left · no CC units |
| B+ | Highway 14 Lock & Storage | B- | No CC · waiting list on large DU units |
Sampling of the most relevant competitors, not exhaustive. CC = climate-controlled · DU = drive-up · NCC = non-climate-controlled.
Grades rate the facility and its website separately. Across the MSA the pattern repeats: waitlists, sold-out sizes and no way to rent online.
| Grade | Facility | Web | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | My Storage #1 | D- | No online rentals |
| A | StorageMart | B+ | Only CC |
| B- | A-1 West Self Storage | D- | No online rentals (nor pricing) |
| B- | Battlefield Storage | D- | No online rentals |
| B- | My Storage #2 | D- | No online rentals |
| B+ | My Storage #3 | D- | No online rentals |
| B+ | Backwoods Storage | B+ | Only 10x15s available |
| B- | Golden Hills Mini Storage | B- | Shows “Temporarily Closed” on Google |
| A- | James River Boat & RV | D+ | Only a handful of units left |
Sampling of the most relevant competitors, not exhaustive. CC = climate-controlled · DU = drive-up · NCC = non-climate-controlled.
Grades rate the facility and its website separately. Across the MSA the pattern repeats: waitlists, sold-out sizes and no way to rent online.
| Grade | Facility | Web | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| C- | Classic Storage | B- | Waiting list on all but one size |
| B- | Storage Sense | A- | Waiting list or 1 left on most sizes |
| A | Keystone Storage | B- | No vacancy · website blocked |
| B+ | Glenstone & 44 Storage | B- | No vacancy |
| B+ | Eastway Storage Center | C- | Waiting lists · no online rentals |
| B- | North National Mini-Storage | D- | 1x 10x20 left · no online rentals |
| A | StorageMart | B+ | All DU NCC are sold out |
| C+ | StorageMart | B+ | Many sizes sold out or only 1 left |
| B+ | U-Haul | B- | Highest prices in town |
Sampling of the most relevant competitors, not exhaustive. CC = climate-controlled · DU = drive-up · NCC = non-climate-controlled.
Grades rate the facility and its website separately. Across the MSA the pattern repeats: waitlists, sold-out sizes and no way to rent online.
| Grade | Facility | Web | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Republic Mini Storage | F | No website |
| A | Keystone Storage III | B- | Only 5 sizes available |
| B- | All About Storage | B- | Waiting list on several sizes |
| A | James River Boat & RV | B- | Only extra large units |
| C- | ABC Mini Storage Republic | D- | No online rentals |
| C+ | A Place to Store | F | No website |
| C- | Bee’s Self Storage | D+ | Low quality / cost approach |
| B- | Royal State Storage #1 | B- | No vacancy |
| B- | RepMo Storage | C+ | Low quality / cost approach |
| B+ | Royal State Storage #2 | B- | Only 1 left on 10x10s (CC & DU) |
| C- | Haseltine Mini Storage | B- | Shows “Temporarily Closed” on Google |
| A | Storage Zone | B+ | No vacancy in the larger units |
Sampling of the most relevant competitors, not exhaustive. CC = climate-controlled · DU = drive-up · NCC = non-climate-controlled.
Occupancy up, rate up, expenses down. Operational value, not market timing: the NOI grows by $1.87M over 60 months.

Implement additional ancillary revenue sources, increasing topline revenue by ~$70k per year, immediately.

Increase occupancy from 79.1% to ~88%, stabilizing in Year 3.

From $0.669 to $0.956 per SF per month through calculated ECRIs (existing customer rate increases) over the hold.
NOI grows by $1.87M over 60 months, capitalized at a 5.75% exit cap.
Net-to-investor return metrics, expected case. The preferred return is paid before any sponsor promote.
We do cost segregation. Ask about accelerated “bonus” depreciation.
| Acquisition loan proceeds | $35,000,000 | 63.5% |
| LP equity | $19,139,346 | 34.7% |
| GP equity | $1,007,334 | 1.8% |
| Total | $55,146,680 | 100% |
| Purchase price | $46,000,000 | 83.4% |
| CapEx budget & reserves | $5,730,000 | 10.4% |
| Closing, diligence, guarantee & capital markets | $1,796,680 | 3.3% |
| Acquisition fee (2.0%) | $920,000 | 1.7% |
| Acquisition loan fees (2.0%) | $700,000 | 1.3% |
| Total | $55,146,680 | 100% |
| Year 1Lease-up | Year 2Lease-up | Year 3Stabilized | Year 4Stabilized | Year 5Stabilized | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rental income | $4,282,673 | $5,154,109 | $5,808,914 | $6,099,360 | $6,404,328 |
| Ancillary income | $368,767 | $382,595 | $405,643 | $405,643 | $405,643 |
| Fee & other income | $154,617 | $182,283 | $197,200 | $205,690 | $214,612 |
| Bad debt | ($64,240) | ($77,312) | ($58,089) | ($60,994) | ($64,043) |
| Discounts | ($81,346) | ($92,832) | ($81,346) | ($85,865) | ($90,384) |
| Effective gross income | $4,660,472 | $5,548,844 | $6,272,322 | $6,563,835 | $6,870,156 |
| Total expenses | ($1,754,392) | ($1,852,506) | ($1,962,753) | ($2,011,920) | ($2,089,869) |
| Net operating income | $2,906,080 | $3,696,337 | $4,309,569 | $4,551,914 | $4,780,287 |
| Yield on cost | 5.27% | 6.70% | 7.81% | 8.25% | 8.67% |
| Debt service coverage | 1.21x | 1.54x | 1.80x | 1.55x | 1.29x |
Expected case. NOI grows from $2.91M in Year 1 to $4.78M in Year 5; debt service is covered in every year of the hold.
Journey sources, acquires, operates, markets and reports on its own assets. There is no third-party manager between you and the building — the team that underwrote SGF11 is the team that will run it.
Acquisitions, construction management, revenue and marketing, smart-entry technology, collections and investor reporting all sit with the same team, under the JOURNEY.STORAGE™ brand. Nothing is handed to a third-party manager, so nothing is anyone else’s priority.
The portfolio averages an 11.7% yield on cost against a 6.2% exit cap — roughly 550 basis points created before any market movement. Occupancy across the portfolio has moved from 16.6% to 83.7%, including assets taken on with no tenants at all, so a new building is familiar ground rather than a first attempt.

A decade in the industry across acquisitions, development, construction, capital raising and facility operations. Runs point directly and built the teams and systems around it.

12+ years overseeing complex structures spanning 50+ entities: financial execution, treasury, tax strategy, investor reporting and lender relations.
Portfolio figures as of Q3 2026 and include achieved and proforma stabilized values: 18 assets stabilized, 8 in lease-up, 4 sold. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Documents on request. Reach Jonah directly with questions about SGF11 or the platform.
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