There are so many questions about investing in the current self-storage market. Should I surge forward with all the deals that are being presented to me right now while the interest rates are low? Should I sit on my cash and wait for the looming recession to get worse? Will there be better deals as we get to the deepest parts of the recession? Or, should I invest in a new development project because of the great opportunities there are to get cheap money? 

Growth stocks and stock and bond funds are at the top of the list of possible long-term investments. However, your savings account, checking account or a money market account are at the top of the list for short term investments. 

There are many places to put your money that are great opportunities for solid investments. In terms of the stock market, we had a little dip at the beginning of Covid-19, but the stock market immediately rebounded and so a lot of people headed back to the stock market. And since then, wars, Inflation, an election, along with many other factors have caused people to pull their money out of the stock market and they are just sitting on the sidelines looking for a safe place to put that money. 

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