Fraud cripples Atlanta rental market
Hey {{first_name}},
Half the rental applications in some Atlanta luxury buildings are completely fraudulent.
Scammers are using fake pay stubs, stolen identities…
And even TikTok tutorials teaching people how to scam their way into $3,000/month apartments.
Property managers are discovering tenants who never existed, employers that were made up, and credit scores generated by AI.
By the time they catch on, these "phantom renters" have vanished, leaving months of unpaid rent and trashed units behind.
But while apartment owners are turning into amateur FBI agents trying to spot forged documents, there's a simpler way to invest in real estate and build wealth that completely sidesteps this (and every other) residential nightmare…
📊 Industry Updates:
National Rents Turn Positive for First Time in Three Years: Yardi Matrix reports national advertised rates rose 0.9% year-over-year in September 2025, the first month of positive growth after nearly three years of declines. Check it out in their October Industry Outlook.
Q2 2025 Investment Volume Drops to $752M Amid Caution: The sector recorded $751.8 million in sales volume across 400 transactions in Q2 2025, down from $1.27 billion in Q1, the lowest quarterly total in over a year. However, average cap rates increased to 7.4% while price per square foot fell to $109.31. Full report from Matthews.
Harrison Street Acquires 21-Facility Portfolio from Morningstar Properties: One of the largest transactions this quarter, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital expanded its self-storage platform with a significant 21-property portfolio acquisition. Full details at Inside Self Storage.
This is StorageVault, so you can probably guess the solution I’m going to give you for all those residential rental horror stories…
Self-Storage Simplicity:
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Customer provides credit card
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Gate code issued automatically
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They don't pay? Cut the lock after 30 days
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Auction their stuff, recover your money
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Next customer moves in immediately
No fake employers to call. No forged pay stubs to analyze. No social media "fraud kits" to worry about.
The average storage facility has 300+ tenants. Last year, across all my properties, we had exactly ZERO fraud attempts.
But I know what you're thinking…
"Sure Cody, storage sounds amazing. But I don't have millions sitting around to buy a facility."
Plenty of people come into this game under the impression that buying a commercial facility is the same as buying a house or a duplex…
But it isn’t.
You don't need $3 million cash to invest in storage.
You just need to know the lending products that are available, and how to access them.
Of course, part of the problem is that banks and other lenders don’t exactly make this easy.
So I’ve laid it all out for you in Storage Financing Secrets!
[Get the complete Storage Financing playbook here >>]
Inside you'll discover the exact strategies I've used to fund over $200M in storage projects…
Including how to close deals with less cash than you dropped on the down payment for your car.
While Atlanta landlords are hiring fraud detection companies, you could be collecting automatic payments from hundreds of real customers who just need a place to store their stuff.
No detective work required.
Here’s to your success,
Cody