About RK
I am passionate about self storage.
In the industry since 1986, RK is nationally recognized as a published author, sought-after speaker, expert witness and trusted consultant.
RK has worked for large developers and owners such as Extra Space, U-Store-It (CubeSmart) and Metro Self Storage, as well as single store developers. With 40 years of self storage experience, he is the best choice you can make in selecting a consultant.
RK KliebensteinSelf storage consultant
- 40+
- years in the industry
- $10B
- in underwriting
- 9,500+
- facilities underwritten
- $2.5B
- in transactions
Track record
Self storage, exclusively.
RK works only in self storage, and his affiliates each bring at least 10 years of self storage experience. His specialty is defining the risks and rewards and then making your project happen.
- Contributing role in developments
- $2.25B+
- Completed acquisitions
- $2.5B+
- Financing
- $250M+
- Projects and acquisitions terminatedSometimes the best advice is not to go ahead.
- $1.5B+
Career
Four decades in self storage.
2025 – present
Founder & President
Self-Storage, LLC
RK's new firm in Champions Gate, Florida, for self storage feasibility, consulting and brokerage.
2000 – present
Founder
Coast-to-Coast Realty Advisors, LLC
Built the largest privately owned and respected self storage consultancy brand in the world, covering acquisition, brokerage, consulting, due diligence, financing, marketing and operations. The firm has conducted more feasibility and market studies than any other consultant and, from Paris, TX to Paris, France, has advised thousands of storage owners on development and acquisitions.
2005 – present
Publisher & President
Coast-to-Coast Communications & Publications
Co-authored three books: How to Invest in Self Storage (2005), How to Make Money in Self Storage (2008) and How to Make MORE Money in Self Storage (2008). Now finishing The Municipal Guide to Developing Self Storage and an updated How to Invest in Self Storage.
2011 – 2019
Vice President, Acquisitions
Metro Self Storage
Created and ran the acquisition and development plan for a large, privately held owner-operator: $384 million of development and $98 million of value-add projects closed, and $3.6 billion of opportunities sourced in a single year.
Earlier roles
- Extra Space Storage
- Senior V.P. of Acquisitions & Integration
- U-Store-It (The Amsdell Companies)
- Director of Acquisitions
- Stor-All
- Director of Acquisitions
- Self Storage Mortgage Corp
- Principal
Institutional experience
- RREEF Capital
- Prudential Real Estate Investors
- The Common Fund for the State of New York
- Alliance Capital
- Nomura Securities
- Oppenheimer
Outside work
RK enjoys golf, motorcycling, snorkeling, boating and riding personal watercraft.
Preliminary consult: free