Self-storage occupancy rentals have skyrocketed and this Commercial Real Estate asset outperforms every other Commercial asset class, including retail, office, hospitality, and multi-family. Self-storage has economically benefited from recessions since the 1990s and tends to perform well whether in a bear market or a bull market. Dislocation, divorce, death, and disaster affect the demand for self-storage units due to families moving, downsizing, selling their homes, or storing their relative’s belongings, etc.