INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN ROLLINGS, OWNER OF SELF STORAGE FACILITY MANAGEMENT LINDA PLIAGAS
ow did you discover self storage?
After managing rental stores with Nationsrent for 15 years, I was offered the position of Regional Director by
the previous owner of the Alcatraz Storage Facilities located in the Indiana. So, my start in self-storage came
from som eone else already involved in it. I originally came on board as a manager (and investor) looking to
learn the business from the ground floor.
As I learned the business, I took on the responsibility of district
manager over several facilities in Indiana. It wasn’t too many years after that the whole portfolio I was
managing became available for sale. I started with the Brownsburg facility before it actually went back to the
bank. After finding out how smoothly the purchase with Brownsburg went, I purchased the Ft. Wayne facility.
The bank actually contacted me for the sale of the Muncie property. That sale was not a fast sale and took
months of negotiations.