Current Portfolio
Four Facilities Across the Midwest
Every property operates under our centralized, no-on-site-staff management model through Midwest Storage Solutions, our operating subsidiary.
Flint Hills Capital is a self-funded, vertically integrated owner-operator, that acquires and develops self storage and flex space assets in secondary and tertiary Midwest markets, deploying artificial intelligence and automation to achieve operating performance that institutional players can't replicate at this scale.
Get in TouchSelf storage in rural and secondary markets is dominated by local operators using legacy management including on-site managers, paper leases, reactive pricing. These facilities are profitable but dramatically underperforming. We acquire them, transform operations with technology, and unlock value the previous owner never captured.
Our operating model eliminates permanent on-site staffing entirely, replacing it with AI-powered customer service, automated workflows, and centralized operations. This operating model produces expense ratios of 14–24%, roughly half the industry norm. We use AI at every stage: identifying underserved markets, managing construction, tracking competitors, and building digital presence that dominates local search. The result is significantly more revenue reaching the bottom line on every facility we touch.
We target Class B and C self storage facilities in Midwest markets with strong demand fundamentals and weak management. We buy from retiring owners, tired operators, and sellers who've never optimized their properties.
Every acquisition converts to our self-management platform — AI customer service, automated tenant lifecycle, dynamic revenue management. No on-site staff. No third-party management fees. Expense ratios drop from 35–60% to 14–24%.
We use SBA 7(a) and 504 financing to acquire and develop, then refinance stabilized assets to extract equity and fund subsequent deals. This allows us to compound growth and scale the portfolio without dilution.
Every property operates under our centralized, no-on-site-staff management model through Midwest Storage Solutions, our operating subsidiary.
In 2025, Flint Hills Capital developed an 84-unit drive-up storage facility on a greenfield site in Fort Scott, KS. The facility was designed, permitted, and built under our direct oversight using local contractors and a lean project management approach.
After opening, the facility leased at a rate of nearly one unit per day — validating both the market demand thesis and the viability of new construction in secondary and tertiary Midwest markets.
Bourbon County Storage also served as a proving ground for our SEO and digital presence strategy. We built a purpose-built website optimized for local search, achieving first-page rankings for key Fort Scott storage queries within months of launch — driving organic leads without paid advertising.
Chris founded Flint Hills Capital in 2020 after 25 years in technology sales, consulting and go-to-market strategy. He saw an opportunity to apply the same data-driven, technology-first approach to an industry still largely run on paper and phone calls.
He was raised in Lawrence, Kansas, and is a sixth-generation Kansan with over 20 years of experience in real estate and more than 50 successful transactions. Chris attended the University of Maryland, and is a US Marine veteran.
