2030 Cemetery Ave
Southwest Philadelphia, PA 19142 | Limitless Storage
A neglected two-parcel garage-storage site in Southwest Philadelphia, bought for $500K in December 2022, renovated top to bottom, and grown into a fully automated facility collecting more than 3x what it did at purchase.
125
Units
~22,000 sqft
Storage space
97%
Occupancy
2022
Acquired
Drone tour
The story
December 2022
The purchase
I acquired the property for $500,000 - a two-parcel garage-storage site in Southwest Philadelphia. The site was tired and undermanaged: overgrown, cluttered, and collecting just $5,500 a month from the tenants in place.
2023
The renovation
I put roughly $650,000 of improvements into the site - a full cleanout, door and gate work, electric, security infrastructure, and about 10,000 sqft of newly built units: roughly 6,600 sqft of new buildings plus storage containers. The construction was funded through lender draws, documented stage by stage.
2023 - today
Lease-up and stabilization
With the site renovated, every unit went online - website, Google Business, and storage aggregators - and the facility leased up steadily under fully remote management. Monthly collections have grown from $5,500 to roughly $17,900, a 3.3x increase, and the facility now sits at 97% occupancy.
Before & after
By the numbers
$500K
Purchase price
December 2022
$650K
Improvements
Incl. ~10,000 sqft of new units
3.3x
Collections growth
$5,500/mo at purchase → ~$17,900/mo
97%
Occupancy
125 units, ~22,000 sqft
10,000 sqft
New space built
~6,600 sqft buildings + containers
58%
Tenant insurance
Of tenants enrolled in coverage
Collections and insurance figures from the facility's management software.
How it runs
No on-site staff. The facility runs as a systems-driven remote operation - the same philosophy behind the automation work I do today.
- Cloud-based storage management software handles leases, billing, and autopay - tenants sign up and pay without ever needing a phone call.
- Online-first leasing: all availability is listed on my website, Google Business profile, and storage aggregators.
- Electronic gate access controls entry around the clock.
- 24/7 camera coverage monitors the site remotely.
- Autopay-required leases keep collections consistent, with the majority of tenants paying online or by ACH.
- A tenant insurance program covers most occupied units.
- No on-site staff - the entire operation runs remotely.
Site plan
Labeled aerial site plan showing the unit layout across both parcels.