(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically ~~and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,~~ every Interactive Data File required to be submitted ~~and posted~~ pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit ~~and post~~ such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of ~~August~~May 3, ~~2018,~~2019, there were ~~2,401,418~~3,740,445 outstanding shares of Class A common stock, ~~1,079,217~~2,821,165 outstanding shares of Class T common stock and ~~256,571~~711,993 outstanding shares of Class W common stock of the registrant.

Certain statements contained in this Form 10-Q of Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., other than historical facts, may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We intend for all such forward-looking statements to be covered by the applicable safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as applicable. Such statements include, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies, and prospects and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including known and unknown risks, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Therefore, such statements are not intended to be a guarantee of our performance in future periods. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by our use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “seek,” “continue,” or other similar words. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date this report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q, and we do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Any such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors and are based on a number of assumptions involving judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive, and market conditions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately. To the extent that our assumptions differ from actual results, our ability to meet such forward-looking statements, including our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations and provide distributions to stockholders, and our ability to find suitable investment properties, may be significantly hindered. See the risk factors identified in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as supplemented by the risk factors included in Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q, for a discussion of some, although not all, of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements.

The information furnished in the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, equity and cash flows reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal and recurring adjustments) that are, in management’s opinion, necessary for a fair and consistent presentation of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to our consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in this report on Form 10-Q. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should also be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2017.~~ 2018. Our results of operations for the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results expected for the full year.

	June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)			December 31, 2017			March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)			December 31, 2018
ASSETS
Real estate facilities:
Land	$	8,413,652		$	1,713,976		$	40,468,823		$	26,485,823
Buildings		30,067,217			9,614,412			128,598,309			103,015,323
Site improvements		2,356,904			1,011,151			9,358,932			6,478,932
		40,837,773			12,339,539			178,426,064			135,980,078
Accumulated depreciation		(462,963	)		(138,219	)		(2,814,290	)		(1,769,436	)
Real estate facilities, net		40,374,810			12,201,320			175,611,774			134,210,642
Cash and cash equivalents		22,978,010			21,929,125			12,167,509			15,672,258
Restricted cash								27,192			123,182
Other assets, net		4,960,537			1,221,753			11,425,934			7,778,605
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization		1,399,211			451,889			5,302,846			4,158,073
Total assets	$	69,712,568		$	35,804,087		$	204,535,255		$	161,942,760
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Secured debt, net							$	69,894,057		$	63,777,861
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	1,100,185		$	301,273			2,124,630			3,027,701
Due to affiliates		1,293,554			587,628			3,105,473			1,720,633
Distributions payable		404,082			216,415			795,064			603,497
Total liabilities		2,797,821			1,105,316			75,919,224			69,129,692
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)
Redeemable common stock		903,405			183,420			2,844,301			2,093,989
Equity:
Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. equity:
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017		—			—
Class A Common stock, $0.001 par value; 315,000,000 shares authorized; 2,236,197 and 1,253,576 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively		2,236			1,254
Class T Common stock, $0.001 par value; 315,000,000 shares authorized; 933,922 and 426,228 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively		934			426
Class W Common stock, $0.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 245,905 and 110,646 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively		246			111
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018								—			—
Class A Common stock, $0.001 par value; 315,000,000 shares authorized; 3,539,987 and 2,962,849 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively								3,540			2,964
Class T Common stock, $0.001 par value; 315,000,000 shares authorized; 2,549,104 and 1,570,411 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively								2,549			1,570
Class W Common stock, $0.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 633,641 and 353,991 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively								634			354
Additional paid-in capital		71,607,361			36,653,000			142,217,673			102,710,956
Distributions		(2,977,171	)		(1,079,785	)		(8,151,615	)		(6,106,597	)
Accumulated deficit		(2,751,417	)		(1,230,755	)		(8,351,765	)		(5,939,040	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(29,992	)		—			(87,622	)		(96,670	)
Total Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. equity		65,852,197			34,344,251			125,633,394			90,573,537
Noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership		159,145			171,100			138,336			145,542
Total equity		66,011,342			34,515,351			125,771,730			90,719,079
Total liabilities and equity	$	69,712,568		$	35,804,087		$	204,535,255		$	161,942,760

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,						Three Months Ended
	2018			2017			2018			2017			March 31, 2019			March 31, 2018
Revenues:
Self storage rental revenue	$	819,874		$	115,046		$	1,177,122		$	115,046		$	3,437,208		$	357,248
Ancillary operating revenue		4,239			84			5,095			84			21,920		856
Total revenues		824,113			115,130			1,182,217			115,130			3,459,128			358,104
Operating expenses:
Property operating expenses		260,106			59,833			388,721			59,833			1,139,089			128,615
Property operating expenses – affiliates		129,166			16,916			186,921			16,916			597,985			57,755
General and administrative		503,979			179,467			799,552			294,882			473,876			295,573
Depreciation		233,605			36,834			331,439			36,834			1,061,388			97,834
Intangible amortization expense		251,286			38,877			353,519			38,877			1,115,227			102,233
Acquisition expense – affiliates		178,994			42,036			299,086			48,136			210,822			120,092
Other property acquisition expenses		319,876			31,360			469,800			32,326			181,444			149,924
Total operating expenses		1,877,012			405,323			2,829,038			527,804			4,779,831			952,026
Operating loss		(1,052,899	)		(290,193	)		(1,646,821	)		(412,674	)		(1,320,703	)		(593,922	)
Other income		95,914			—			121,089			—
Other income (expense):
Interest expense														(853,808	)		-
Interest expense – debt issuance costs														(244,314	)		-
Other														2,319			25,175
Net loss		(956,985	)		(290,193	)		(1,525,732	)		(412,674	)		(2,416,506	)		(568,747	)
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership		2,790			6,592			5,070			9,555			3,781			2,280
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. common stockholders	$	(954,195	)	$	(283,601	)	$	(1,520,662	)	$	(403,119	)	$	(2,412,725	)	$	(566,467	)
Net loss per Class A share—basic and diluted	$	(0.32	)	$	(0.75	)	$	(0.59	)	$	(1.24	)	$	(0.43	)	$	(0.26	)
Net loss per Class T share—basic and diluted	$	(0.32	)	$	(0.75	)	$	(0.59	)	$	(1.24	)	$	(0.43	)	$	(0.26	)
Net loss per Class W share—basic and diluted	$	(0.32	)	$	(0.75	)	$	(0.59	)	$	(1.24	)	$	(0.43	)	$	(0.26	)
Weighted average Class A shares outstanding—basic and diluted		1,964,622			374,131			1,729,367			321,303			3,228,935			1,491,499
Weighted average Class T shares outstanding—basic and diluted		795,291			660			668,298			330			1,937,175			539,895
Weighted average Class W shares outstanding—basic and diluted		199,087			5,737			167,157			2,868			473,368			134,872

Common Stock

Class A

Class T

Class W

Number of
Shares

Common
Stock
Par Value

Number of
Shares

Common
Stock
Par Value

Number of
Shares

Common
Stock
Par Value

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

Distributions

Accumulated
Deficit

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Total Strategic Storage
Trust IV, Inc.
Equity

Noncontrolling Interests in
our Operating
Partnership

Total
Equity

Redeemable
Common
Stock

Balance as of December 31, 2017

1,253,576

$
1,254

426,228

$
426

110,646

$
111

$
36,653,000

$
(1,079,785
)

$
(1,230,755
)

$
—

$
34,344,251

$
171,100

$
34,515,351

$
183,420

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

962,551

962

499,352

500

132,977

133

39,129,774

—

—

—

39,131,369

—

39,131,369

—

Offering costs

—

—

—

—

—

—

(4,175,383
)

—

—

—

(4,175,383
)

—

(4,175,383
)

—

Changes to redeemable common stock

—

—

—

—

—

—

(719,985
)

—

—

—

(719,985
)

—

(719,985
)

719,985

Distributions

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1,897,386
)

—

—

(1,897,386
)

—

(1,897,386
)

—

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(6,885
)

(6,885
)

—

Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan

20,070

20

8,342

8

2,282

2

719,955

—

—

—

719,985

—

719,985

—

Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc.

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1,520,662
)

—

(1,520,662
)

—

(1,520,662
)

—

Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(5,070
)

(5,070
)

—

Foreign currency translation adjustment

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(29,992
)

(29,992
)

—

(29,992
)

—

Balance as of June 30, 2018

2,236,197

$
2,236

933,922

$
934

245,905

$
246

$
71,607,361

$
(2,977,171
)

$
(2,751,417
)

$
(29,992
)

$
65,852,197

$
159,145

$
66,011,342

$
903,405

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2018

2017

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss

$
(1,525,732
)

$
(412,674
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

684,958

75,711

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents from change in assets and liabilities:

Other assets, net

(723,600
)

(608,459
)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

287,635

94,854

Due to affiliates

51,000

75,971

Net cash used in operating activities

(1,225,739
)

(774,597
)
Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchase of real estate

(29,684,794
)

(4,950,724
)
Additions to real estate

(114,281
)

—

Deposits on acquisitions of real estate

(3,610,313
)

—

Return of deposits on acquisitions of real estate

650,000

—

Net cash used in investing activities

(32,759,388
)

(4,950,724
)
Cash flows from financing activities:

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock

39,531,145

9,840,741

Offering costs

(3,421,958
)

(2,013,084
)
Distributions paid to common stockholders

(989,117
)

(196,981
)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership

(7,502
)

(4,832
)
Prepaid debt issuance costs

(78,556
)

—

Net cash provided by financing activities

35,034,012

7,625,844

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

1,048,885

1,900,523

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

21,929,125

201,000

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$
22,978,010

$
2,101,523

Supplemental disclosures and non-cash transactions:

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in other assets

$
130,000

$
166,250

Offering costs included in due to affiliates

$
758,244

$
278,718

Offering costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$
126,292

$
200,003

Distributions payable

$
404,082

$
53,568

Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan

$
719,985

$
436

Foreign currency translation adjustment in other assets

$
29,992

$
—

Other assets included in accrued expenses

$
80,939

$
—

	Common Stock
	Class A						Class T				Class W
	Number of Shares			Common Stock Par Value			Number of Shares		Common Stock Par Value		Number of Shares		Common Stock Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Distributions			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. Equity			Noncontrolling Interests in our Operating Partnership			Total Equity			Redeemable Common Stock
Balance as of December 31, 2017		1,253,576		$	1,254			426,228	$	426		110,646	$	111	$	36,653,000		$	(1,079,785	)	$	(1,230,755	)	$	—		$	34,344,251		$	171,100		$	34,515,351		$	183,420
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock		419,205			419			214,459		215		42,801		42		16,606,278			—			—			—			16,606,954			—			16,606,954			—
Offering costs		—			—			—		—		—		—		(1,850,357	)		—			—			—			(1,850,357	)		-			(1,850,357	)		-
Changes to redeemable common stock		—			—			—		—		—		—		(291,645	)		—			—			—			(291,645	)		—			(291,645	)		291,645
Distributions		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			(798,791	)		—			—			(798,791	)		—			(798,791	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(3,425	)		(3,425	)		—
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan		8,252			8			3,245		3		924		1		291,633			—			—			—			291,645			—			291,645			—
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc.		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			(566,467	)		—			(566,467	)		—			(566,467	)		—
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(2,280	)		(2,280	)		—
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			(13,371	)		(13,371	)		—			(13,371	)		—
Balance as of March 31, 2018		1,681,033		$	1,681			643,932	$	644		154,371	$	154	$	51,408,909		$	(1,878,576	)	$	(1,797,222	)	$	(13,371	)	$	47,722,219		$	165,395		$	47,887,614		$	475,065

Balance as of December 31, 2018		2,962,849		$	2,964			1,570,411	$	1,570		353,991	$	354	$	102,710,956		$	(6,106,597	)	$	(5,939,040	)	$	(96,670	)	$	90,573,537		$	145,542		$	90,719,079		$	2,093,989
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock		560,391			560			966,126		966		277,021		277		43,669,267			—			—			—			43,671,070			—			43,671,070			—
Offering costs		—			—			—		—		—		—		(4,239,678	)		—			—			—			(4,239,678	)		—			(4,239,678	)		—
Reimbursement of offering costs by Advisor		—			—			—		—		—		—		72,476			—			—			—			72,476			—			72,476			—
Changes to redeemable common stock		—			—			—		—		—		—		(833,499	)		—			—			—			(833,499	)		—			(833,499	)		833,499
Redemptions of common stock		(3,660	)		(4	)		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			(4	)		—			(4	)		(83,187	)
Distributions		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			(2,045,018	)		—			—			(2,045,018	)		—			(2,045,018	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(3,425	)		(3,425	)		—
Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan		20,407			20			12,567		13		2,629		3		833,463			—			—			—			833,499			—			833,499			—
Stock based compensation expense		—			—			—		—		—		—		4,688			—			—			—			4,688			—			4,688			—
Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc.		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			(2,412,725	)		—			(2,412,725	)		—			(2,412,725	)		—
Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			(3,781	)		(3,781	)		—
Foreign currency translation adjustment		—			—			—		—		—		—		—			—			—			9,048			9,048			—			9,048			—
Balance as of March 31, 2019		3,539,987		$	3,540			2,549,104	$	2,549		633,641	$	634	$	142,217,673		$	(8,151,615	)	$	(8,351,765	)	$	(87,622	)	$	125,633,394		$	138,336		$	125,771,730		$	2,844,301

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2019			March 31, 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(2,416,506	)	$	(568,747	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		2,176,615			200,067
Amortization of debt issuance costs		244,314			-
Stock based compensation expense related to issuance of restricted stock		4,688			-
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents from change in assets and liabilities:
Other assets, net		(81,072	)		(75,067	)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(503,039	)		196,038
Due to affiliates		83,345			(13,724	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(491,655	)		(261,433	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of real estate		(43,165,491	)		(6,865,108	)
Additions to real estate facilities		(140,495	)		-
Deposits on acquisitions of real estate		(844,662	)		(1,209,621	)
Return of deposit on acquisition of real estate		-			250,000
Investment in joint ventures, net		(4,129,081	)		-
Net cash used in investing activities		(48,279,729	)		(7,824,729	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of secured debt		6,000,000			-
Scheduled principal payments on secured debt		(29,527	)		-
Debt issuance costs		(98,591	)		-
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock		43,261,870			16,674,701
Offering costs		(2,857,517	)		(1,556,980	)
Redemption of common stock		(82,213	)		-
Distributions paid to common stockholders		(1,019,952	)		(419,331	)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership		(3,425	)		(4,004	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		45,170,645			14,694,386
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(3,600,739	)		6,608,224
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		15,795,440			21,929,125
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	12,194,701		$	28,537,349
Supplemental disclosures and non-cash transactions:
Cash paid for interest	$	835,335		$	-
Deposits applied to purchase of real estate	$	1,400,000		$	-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in other assets	$	-		$	130,190
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	680,000		$	-
Offering costs included in due to affiliates	$	1,385,376		$	248,034
Offering costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	47,532		$	131,229
Redemption of common stock in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	83,187		$	-
Distributions payable	$	795,064		$	303,651
Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan	$	833,499		$	291,645
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	9,048		$	(13,371	)

Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), was formed on June 1, 2016 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in self storage facilities. The Company’s year-end is December 31. As used in this report, “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” refer to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. and each of our subsidiaries.

SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company organized in 2013 (our “Sponsor”), is the sponsor of our Offering of shares of our common stock, ~~(our “Sponsor”),~~ as described below. Our Sponsor is a company focused on providing real estate advisory, asset management, and property management services. Our Sponsor owns 97.5% of the economic interests (and 100% of the voting membership interests) of Strategic Storage Advisor IV, LLC (our “Advisor”) and owns 100% of Strategic Storage Property Management IV, LLC (our “Property Manager”).

We have no employees. Our Advisor, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 31, 2016. Our Advisor is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and identifying and making acquisitions and investments on our behalf under the terms of an advisory agreement we entered into with our Advisor (our “Advisory Agreement”) on March 3, 2017. The officers of our Advisor, as well as ~~a majority~~some of the officers of our Sponsor, are also officers of us.

On June 15, 2016, our Advisor purchased 44 shares of our common stock for $1,000 and became our initial stockholder. Our Articles of Incorporation authorized 30,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001. Our Articles of Amendment and Restatement, which were filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on January 17, 2017, authorized 700,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001, of which 315,000,000 shares are designated as Class A shares, 315,000,000 shares are designated as Class T shares, and 70,000,000 shares are designated as Class W shares, and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001. Upon the filing of our Articles of Amendment and Restatement, our Advisor’s 44 shares of our common stock were classified as Class A shares. We are offering a maximum of $1.0 billion in common shares for sale to the public (the “Primary Offering”) and $95.0 million in common shares for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, the ~~“Offering”~~“Public Offering”).

On January 25, 2017, we sold approximately 360,577 Class A shares for $7.5 million to an institutional account investor pursuant to a private offering transaction (the “Private Offering Transaction” and together with the Public Offering, the “Offerings”). Due to the proceeds raised in our Private Offering Transaction, there was not a minimum number of shares we needed to sell before accepting subscriptions for the Primary Offering. On March 17, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declared our registration statement effective and we commenced formal operations. As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, approximately ~~1,876,000~~3.2 million Class A shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$46.7~~$79.2 million, approximately ~~934,000~~2.5 million Class T shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$22.5~~$61.7 million and approximately ~~246,000~~0.6 million Class W shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$5.6~~$14.4 million had been sold in the Public Offering. We have invested, and intend to continue to invest, the net proceeds from ~~the Offering~~our Offerings primarily in self storage facilities consisting of both income-producing and growth properties located in the United States and Canada. As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we owned ~~five~~16 operating self storage properties located in ~~five~~six states (California, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas and Washington).

Our operating partnership, Strategic Storage Operating Partnership IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (our “Operating Partnership”), was formed on June 2, 2016. On June 15, 2016, our Advisor purchased a limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership for $200,000 (8,889 partnership units) and on June 15, 2016, we contributed the initial $1,000 capital contribution we received to our Operating Partnership in exchange for the general partner interest. Our Operating Partnership ~~owns,~~will own, directly or indirectly through one or more special purpose entities, all of the self storage properties that we ~~acquire.~~acquire in the future. As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we owned approximately ~~99.7%~~99.9% of the common units of limited partnership interests of our Operating Partnership. The remaining approximately ~~0.3%~~0.1% of the common units are owned by our Advisor.

As the sole general partner of our Operating Partnership, we have the exclusive power to manage and conduct the business of our Operating Partnership. We conduct certain activities through our taxable REIT subsidiary, Strategic Storage TRS IV, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “TRS”) which was formed on June 2, 2016, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership.

Our Property Manager is a Delaware limited liability company which was formed on May 31, 2016 to manage our properties. ~~Our~~An affiliate of our Property Manager owns the rights to the “SmartStop® Self Storage” brand and our Property Manager derives substantially all of its income from the property management services it performs for us. Our Property Manager may enter into sub-property management agreements with third party management companies and pay part of its management fee to such sub-property manager. Please see Note 5 – Related Party Transactions – Property Management Agreement.

Our dealer manager is Select Capital Corporation, a California corporation (our “Dealer Manager”). On February 10, 2017, the Company executed a dealer manager agreement, as amended (the “Dealer Manager Agreement”), with our Dealer Manager. Our Dealer Manager is responsible for marketing our shares to be offered pursuant to our Primary Offering. Our Sponsor owns, through a wholly-owned limited liability company, a 15% non-voting equity interest in our Dealer Manager and affiliates of our Dealer Manager own a 2.5% non-voting membership interest in our Advisor.

Our Sponsor owns 100% of the membership interests of Strategic Transfer Agent Services, LLC, our transfer agent (our “Transfer Agent”). On May 31, 2018, the Company executed an agreement (the “Transfer Agent Agreement”), with our Transfer Agent to provide transfer agent and registrar services to us that are substantially similar to what a third party transfer agent would provide in the ordinary course of performing its functions as a transfer agent. Our Transfer Agent may retain and supervise third party vendors in its efforts to administer certain services. Please see Note 5 – Related Party Transactions – Transfer Agent Agreement.

As we accept subscriptions for shares of our common stock, we transfer all of the net offering proceeds to our Operating Partnership as capital contributions in exchange for additional units of interest in our Operating Partnership. However, we are deemed to have made capital contributions in the amount of gross proceeds received from investors, and our Operating Partnership is deemed to have simultaneously paid the sales commissions and other costs associated with the Primary Offering. In addition, our Operating Partnership is structured to make distributions with respect to limited partnership units that are equivalent to the distributions made to holders of common stock. Finally, a limited partner in our Operating Partnership may later exchange his or her limited partnership units in our Operating Partnership for shares of our common stock at any time after one year following the date of issuance of their limited partnership units, subject to certain restrictions outlined in the limited partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership, as amended (the “Operating Partnership Agreement”). Our Advisor is prohibited from exchanging or otherwise transferring its limited partnership units so long as it is acting as our Advisor pursuant to our Advisory Agreement.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as contained within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Our financial statements, and the financial statements of our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The portion of these entities not wholly-owned by us is presented as noncontrolling interests. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Current accounting guidance provides a framework for identifying a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and determining when a company should include the assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. In general, a VIE is an entity or other legal structure used to conduct activities or hold assets that either (1) has an insufficient amount of equity to carry out its principal activities without additional subordinated financial support, (2) has a group of equity owners that are unable to make significant decisions about its activities, or (3) has a group of equity owners that do not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns generated by its operations. Generally, a VIE should be consolidated if a party with an ownership, contractual, or other financial interest in the VIE (a variable interest holder) has the power to direct the VIE’s most significant activities and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. A variable interest holder that consolidates the VIE is called the primary beneficiary. Upon consolidation, the primary beneficiary generally must initially record all of the VIE’s assets, liabilities, and noncontrolling interest at fair value and subsequently account for the VIE as if it were consolidated based on majority voting interest. Our Operating Partnership is deemed to be a VIE and is consolidated by the Company as the primary beneficiary.

As of ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 and December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, we had not entered into any other contracts/interests that would be deemed to be variable interests in VIEs other than ~~two~~our joint ventures with SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust and our preferred equity investment, which are all accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Please see ~~Note 9 – Joint Ventures with SmartCentres.~~ Notes 3 and 9. Other than the ~~SmartCentres joint ventures,~~entities noted above, we do not currently have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships.

Under the equity method, our investments ~~in real estate joint ventures~~ will be stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings ~~of real estate joint ventures~~ will generally be recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated ~~real estate joint ventures.~~investments.

We account for the noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership in accordance with the related accounting guidance. Due to our control through our general partnership interest in our Operating Partnership and the limited rights of the limited partner, our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated with the Company and the limited partner interest is reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interest shall be attributed its share of income and losses, even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance.

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions. Management will adjust such estimates when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates made include the allocation of property purchase price to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at relative fair value, the determination if certain entities should be consolidated, the evaluation of potential impairment of long-lived assets, and the estimated useful lives of real estate assets and intangibles.

We consider all short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

We may maintain cash and cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of insured limits, but believe this risk will be mitigated by only investing in or through major financial institutions.

Restricted cash consists primarily of impound reserve accounts for property taxes, insurance and capital improvements in connection with the requirements of one of our loan agreements.

We account for acquisitions in accordance with GAAP which requires that we allocate the purchase price of a property to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values. This guidance requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, which requires the use of significant unobservable inputs, as of the acquisition date.

The value of the tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, is determined as if ~~vacant~~.vacant. Substantially all of the leases in place at acquired properties are at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month contracts. We also consider whether in-place, market leases represent an intangible asset. We recorded approximately ~~$1.3~~$2.3 million and ~~$600,000~~$5.5 million in intangible assets to recognize the value of in-place leases related to our acquisitions during the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, respectively. We do not expect, nor to date have we recorded, intangible assets for the value of customer relationships because we expect we will not have concentrations of significant customers and the average customer turnover will be fairly frequent.

~~Acquisitions~~Allocation of ~~portfolios~~purchase price to acquisitions of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available.

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business” (“ASU 2017-01”). ASU 2017-01 clarifies the framework for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities meets the definition of a business. The revised framework provides guidance for determining whether an integrated set of assets and activities is a business and narrows the definition of a business, which is expected to result in fewer transactions being accounted for as business combinations. Acquisitions of integrated sets of assets and activities that do not meet the definition of a business, as defined under current GAAP, are accounted for as asset acquisitions. ~~We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018. We expect that~~During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, our acquisitions ~~of real estate or in-substance real estate will~~have not ~~meet~~met the ~~revised~~ definition of a business because substantially all of the fair value is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets (i.e. land, buildings, and related intangible assets) or because the acquisition does not include a substantive process in the form of an acquired workforce or an acquired contract that cannot be replaced without significant cost, effort or delay. As a result, once an acquisition is deemed probable, transaction costs are capitalized rather than expensed. During the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018, we acquired ~~three~~two and one properties, respectively, that did not meet the ~~revised~~ definition of a business, and we capitalized approximately ~~$105,000~~$65,000 and $15,000, respectively, of acquisition-related transaction ~~costs that would have otherwise been expensed under the guidance in effect prior to January 1, 2018.~~costs.

During the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018, we expensed approximately ~~$500,000~~$392,000 and ~~$770,000,~~$270,000, respectively, of acquisition-related transaction costs that did not meet our capitalization ~~policy during the respective periods.~~criteria.

Management monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable, we will assess the recoverability of the assets by determining whether the carrying value of the long-lived assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived assets to the fair value and recognize an impairment loss. For the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018, ~~and 2017,~~ no impairment losses were recognized.

Management believes that all of our leases are operating leases. Rental income is recognized in accordance with the terms of the leases, which generally are month-to-month. Revenues from any long-term operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The excess of rents received over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets and contractually due but unpaid rent is included in other assets.

Tenant accounts receivable is reported net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Management’s estimate of the allowance is based upon a review of the current status of tenant accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that management’s estimate of the allowance will change in the future.

Real estate facilities are recorded based on relative fair value as of the date of acquisition. We capitalize costs incurred to develop, construct, renovate and improve properties, including interest and property taxes incurred during the construction period. The construction period begins when expenditures for the real estate assets have been made and activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use are in progress. The construction period ends when the asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.

Our management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our depreciable assets. We consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives.

Depreciation of our real property assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives
as follows:

Personal property assets consist primarily of furniture, fixtures and equipment and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives generally ranging from 3 to 5 years, and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

For non-U.S. functional currency operations, assets and liabilities are translated to U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rates for the period. All related adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of equity. Transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the related operation are recorded at rates of exchange in effect at the date of the transaction. Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions are recorded in other income (expense).

We have allocated a portion of our real estate purchase price to in-place lease intangibles. We are amortizing in-place lease intangibles on a straight-line basis over the estimated future benefit period. As of ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the gross amounts allocated to in-place lease intangibles was approximately ~~$1.9~~$8.3 million and $6.1 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization of in-place lease intangibles totaled approximately ~~$500,000. As of December 31, 2017, the gross amounts allocated to in-place lease intangibles were approximately $600,000~~$3.0 and ~~accumulated amortization of in-place lease intangibles totaled approximately $150,000.~~$1.9 million, respectively.

The total estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ending December 31, ~~2018,~~2019 and ~~2019~~2020 is approximately ~~$600,000~~$3.7 million and ~~$800,000,~~$1.6 million, respectively, and none for the years thereafter.

The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining ~~non-revolving financing will be~~non revolving debt are presented on the consolidated balance sheets as a reduction of the related ~~debt. The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining revolving financing will be presented as~~ debt ~~issuance costs on the consolidated balance sheets.~~(see Note 4). Debt issuance costs ~~will be~~are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related loan, which ~~we do~~is not ~~expect will be~~ materially different than the effective interest method. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, accumulated amortization of debt issuance costs related to non revolving debt totaled approximately $0.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Our Advisor may fund organization and offering costs on our behalf. We are required to reimburse our Advisor for such organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor will fund, and will not be reimbursed for, 1.15% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses, which we will recognize as a capital contribution from our Advisor. Organization and offering costs funded by our Advisor are recognized as a liability in our consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, as we had a present responsibility to reimburse our Advisor after the Effective Date of the Primary Offering. Our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the ~~Offering~~initial public offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering. If at any point in time we determine that the total organization and offering costs are expected to exceed 3.5% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering, we will recognize such excess as a capital contribution from our Advisor. Offering costs are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in capital, and organization costs are recorded as an expense.

In connection with our Primary Offering, our Dealer Manager will receive a sales commission of up to 6.0% of gross proceeds from sales of Class A shares and up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from the sales of Class T shares in the Primary Offering and a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales of both Class A shares and Class T shares in the Primary Offering under the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement. Our Dealer Manager does not receive an upfront sales commission or dealer manager fee from the sales of Class W shares in the Primary Offering. In addition, our Dealer Manager receives an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering. Our Dealer Manager also receives an ongoing dealer manager servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.5% of the purchase price per share of the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering; (iii) with respect to a particular Class T share, the third anniversary of the issuance of the share; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. We will cease paying the dealer manager servicing fee with respect to the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan),which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering; (iii) the end of the month in which the aggregate underwriting compensation paid in our Primary Offering with respect to Class W shares, comprised of the dealer manager servicing fee, equals 9.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering, and (iv) the date that such Class W share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding.

Our Dealer Manager enters into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which ~~authorizes~~authorize them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager will re-allow all of the sales commissions and, subject to certain limitations, the stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with sales made by these broker-dealers. Our Dealer Manager may also re-allow to these broker-dealers a portion of their dealer manager fee as marketing fees, reimbursement of certain costs and expenses of attending training and education meetings sponsored by our Dealer Manager, payment of attendance fees required for employees of our Dealer Manager or other affiliates to attend retail seminars and public seminars sponsored by these broker-dealers, or to defray other distribution-related expenses. Our Dealer Manager will also receive reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses; however, to the extent these due diligence expenses cannot be justified, any excess over actual due diligence expenses would have been considered underwriting compensation subject to a 10% FINRA limitation and, when aggregated with all other non-accountable expenses in connection with our Offering, may not exceed 3% of gross offering proceeds from sales in the Public Offering. We record a liability within Due to Affiliates for the future estimated stockholder and dealer manager servicing fees and a reduction to additional paid-in capital at the time of sale of the Class T and Class W shares as an offering cost.

We adopted a share redemption program that will enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances.

We record amounts that are redeemable under the share redemption program as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets since the shares are redeemable at the option of the holder and therefore their redemption is outside our control. The maximum amount redeemable under our share redemption program will be limited to the number of shares we could repurchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan. However, accounting guidance states that determinable amounts that can become redeemable but that are contingent on an event that is likely to occur (e.g., the passage of time) should be presented as redeemable when such amount is known. Therefore, the net proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan are considered to be temporary equity and are presented as redeemable common stock in our consolidated balance sheets.

In addition, current accounting guidance requires, among other things, that financial instruments that represent a mandatory obligation of us to repurchase shares be classified as liabilities and reported at settlement value. Our redeemable common shares are contingently redeemable at the option of the holder. When we determine we have a mandatory obligation to repurchase shares under the share redemption program, we will reclassify such obligations from temporary equity to a liability based upon their respective settlement values.

totaling approximately $110,000 (approximately 4,900 shares), approximately $30,000 of which were fulfilled during the year ended December 31, 2018, with the remaining approximately $80,000 included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2018, and fulfilled in January 2019.

The cost of restricted stock is required to be measured based on the grant date fair value and the cost recognized over the relevant service period.

Under GAAP, we are required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, we are required to measure other financial instruments and balances at fair value on a non-recurring basis. Fair value is defined by the accounting standard for fair value measurements and disclosures as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. It also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels. The following summarizes the three levels of inputs and hierarchy of fair value we will use when measuring fair value:

In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement will fall within the lowest level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures provides a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In determining fair value, we will utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value. Considerable judgment will be necessary to interpret Level 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value of our financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the fair values we will present will be indicative of amounts that may ultimately be realized upon sale or other disposition of these assets.

Financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis in our consolidated financial statements consist of real estate and related liabilities assumed related to our acquisitions. The fair values of these assets and liabilities were determined as of the acquisition dates using widely accepted valuation techniques, including (i) discounted cash flow analysis, which considers, among other things, leasing assumptions, growth rates, discount rates and terminal capitalization rates, (ii) income capitalization approach, which considers prevailing market capitalization rates, and (iii) comparable sales activity. In general, we consider multiple valuation techniques when measuring fair values. However, in certain circumstances, a single valuation technique may be appropriate. All of the fair values of the assets and liabilities as of the acquisition dates were derived using Level 3 inputs.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, ~~tenant account receivables,~~restricted cash, other assets, variable – rate debt, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, distributions payable and amounts due to affiliates approximate fair ~~value because of their relatively short-term nature.~~value.

~~We had no assets or liabilities that required fair value measurement on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018~~The table below summarizes our fixed rate note payable at March 31, 2019 and December 31, ~~2017.~~2018. The estimated fair value of financial instruments are subjective in nature and are dependent on a number of important assumptions, including discount rates and relevant comparable market information associated with each financial instrument. The fair value of the fixed rate note payable was estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities. The use of different market assumptions and estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the reported estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the estimates presented below are not necessarily indicative of the amounts we would realize in a current market exchange.

We ~~intend to make~~made an election to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2017. To qualify as a REIT, we must continue to meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the REIT’s ordinary taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gains and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will then be subject to federal income taxes on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the IRS grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

Even if we continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

We filed elections to treat our TRS as a taxable REIT subsidiary. In general, the TRS performs additional services for our customers and generally engages in any real estate or non-real estate related business. The TRS is subject to corporate federal and state income tax. The TRS follows accounting guidance which requires the use of the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of future differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities.

Basic earnings per share attributable to our common stockholders for all periods presented is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to our common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, excluding unvested restricted stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed by including the dilutive effect of unvested restricted stock, utilizing the treasury stock method. For all periods presented the dilutive effect of ~~unrestricted~~unvested restricted stock was not included in the diluted weighted average shares as such shares were antidilutive.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” as ASC Topic 606. The objective of ASU 2014-09 is to establish a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and will supersede most of the existing revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In applying the new standard, companies will perform a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized. ASU 2014-09 applies to all contracts with customers except those that are within the scope of other topics in the FASB ASC. In July 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date by one year to annual reporting periods (including interim periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. This ASU will be applied using a modified retrospective approach. We have determined that our self storage rental revenues will not be subject to the guidance in ASU 2014-09, as they qualify as lease contracts, which are excluded from its scope. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and its adoption did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” ASU 2016-02 amends the guidance on accounting for leases. Under ASU 2016-02, lessees will be required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short term leases) at the commencement date: (1) a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease; and (2) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. Under ASU 2016-02, lessor accounting is largely unchanged. It also includes extensive amendments to the disclosure requirements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. ~~Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not yet been made available for issuance. ASU 2016-02 requires a~~We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective ~~transition~~ approach, ~~for leases existing at, or entered into after,~~without applying the ~~beginning of the earliest~~provisions to comparative ~~period presented in the financial statements. While we continue to evaluate the standard, based upon our assessment to date, we do~~periods presented. Its adoption did not ~~anticipate the adoption of this standard will~~ have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements ~~because~~as substantially all of our lease revenues are derived from month-to-month leases and, as lessee, we have no significant leases. In addition, the new standard requires our expected loss related to collectability of rental payments, previously reflected in property operating expenses as bad debt expense, to be reflected as an adjustment to self storage rental revenue. The impact of this was a reduction in both self storage rental revenue and property operating expenses of approximately $36,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The following summarizes the activity in real estate facilities during the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018:~~March 31, 2019:

16The following table summarizes the purchase price allocations for our acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2019:

From time to time, we have entered into, and expect to continue to enter into, joint venture agreements with a subsidiary of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust, an unaffiliated third party (“SmartCentres”), for tracts of land owned by SmartCentres that are intended to be developed into self storage facilities.

The Company accounts for these investments using the equity method of accounting and they will be stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings will generally be recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated investments.

In August 2018, one of our subsidiaries entered into a contribution agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, for a tract of land owned by SmartCentres and located in Oshawa, Ontario (the “Oshawa Land”) in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada. In September 2018, we closed on the Oshawa Land, which is now owned by a limited partnership (the “Oshawa Limited Partnership”), in which we (through our subsidiary) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiary) are each a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner in the Oshawa Limited Partnership. At closing, we subscribed for 50% of the units in the Oshawa Limited Partnership at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately $750,000 CAD, representing a contribution equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of the Oshawa Land. The Oshawa Limited Partnership intends to develop a self storage facility on the Oshawa Land. We expect development of the Oshawa Land to be completed in the second half of 2020. Our investment in the Oshawa Land of approximately $660,000 is included in other assets, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.

On January 9, 2019, one of our subsidiaries entered into a share purchase agreement with a company wholly owned by Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc., a REIT sponsored by our Sponsor (“SST II”), to purchase two companies, which together held SST II’s 50% interest in a limited partnership (the “East York Limited Partnership”) that owns a tract of land in East York, Ontario (the “East York Land”) in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada for a purchase price of approximately $4.7 million CAD which represents total costs incurred by SST II related to the East York Limited Partnership. SmartCentres is the other 50% limited partner in the East York Limited Partnership and we and SmartCentres each have an equal ranking general partner in the East York Limited Partnership. SST II previously purchased its 50% East York Limited Partnership interest at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately $3.8 million CAD, representing a contribution equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of the land. The East York Limited Partnership intends to develop a self storage facility on the East York Land. We expect development of the East York Land to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019 or first quarter of 2020. The value of the land contributed to the East York Limited Partnership had an agreed upon fair market value of approximately $7.6 million CAD. Our investment in the East York Land of approximately $4.1 million USD is included in other assets, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.

On July 31, 2018, the Company, through six special purpose entities (collectively, the “Borrower”) wholly owned by our Operating Partnership, entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with KeyBank, National Association (“KeyBank”), as administrative agent and KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, as sole book runner and sole lead arranger.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower had an initial maximum borrowing capacity up to $70 million (the “KeyBank Credit Facility”). On July 31, 2018, in order to finance a portion of the Naples acquisition, the Borrower borrowed $17 million on the KeyBank Credit Facility. On October 10, 2018, in order to finance a portion of the acquisition of the six properties in the greater Houston Area and College Station, Texas (the “Houston Portfolio”), the Borrower drew an additional $40 million on the KeyBank Credit Facility. On October 30, 2018, the Borrower drew an additional $5 million on the KeyBank Credit Facility, which was primarily used in connection with the acquisition of the property in Queenston, Texas. On October 31, 2018, and pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the maximum borrowing capacity of the KeyBank Credit Facility was reduced to $62 million, which was the amount outstanding on the KeyBank Credit Facility as of that date and as of December 31, 2018.

On January 8, 2019, the KeyBank Credit Facility was amended in order to allow the Borrower to draw an additional $6 million, which was used in connection with the acquisition of the Plant City property. The maximum borrowing capacity and the amount outstanding on the KeyBank Credit Facility was increased to $68 million, which was the amount outstanding as of March 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2019, this facility encumbers 13 properties (Jensen Beach, Texas City, Riverside, Las Vegas I, Puyallup, Las Vegas II, Naples, Woodlands I, Humble, Woodlands II, College Station, Cypress and Plant City).

The KeyBank Credit Facility is a term loan that has a maturity date of July 31, 2019, which may, in certain circumstances, be extended at the option of the Borrower until July 31, 2020 upon the payment of a fee equal to 25 basis points of the then-outstanding amounts under the KeyBank Credit Facility. Payments due under the KeyBank Credit Facility are interest-only.

The following table ~~summarizes~~presents the ~~purchase price allocation for our acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2018:~~future principal payment requirements on outstanding secured debt as of March 31, 2019:

~~The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since their respective acquisition dates.~~

⁽²⁾~~The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since their respective acquisition dates.~~

⁽³⁾~~Property operating income excludes corporate general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, depreciation, amortization, and acquisition expenses.~~

The table set forth below summarizes, on a pro forma basis, the results of operations of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. Such presentation reflects the Company’s acquisitions that occurred during 2018 and 2017, which met the GAAP definition of a business in effect at that time, as if the acquisitions had occurred as of January 1, 2017 and June 1, 2016 (inception), respectively. As the Company’s acquisitions that were completed during the six months ended June 30, 2018 did not meet the revised definition of a business, no adjustments for these acquisitions have been reflected in the pro forma information below. This pro forma information does not purport to represent what the actual consolidated results of operations of the Company would have been for the periods indicated, nor does it purport to predict the results of operations for future periods.

~~The pro forma consolidated financial information for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were adjusted to exclude approximately $0 and $48,000, respectively, for acquisition related expenses.~~20

Our Advisory Agreement with our Advisor and our Dealer Manager Agreement with our Dealer Manager entitle our Advisor and our Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Public Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organization and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us.

Organization and offering costs of the Public Offering may be paid by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursed to our Advisor from the proceeds of our Public Offering; provided, however, that our Advisor will fund, and will not be reimbursed for, 1.15% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses. Organization and offering costs consist of all expenses (other than sales commissions, the dealer manager fee, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) to be paid by us in connection with the Public Offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of our escrow holder and other accountable organization and offering expenses, including, but not limited to, (i) amounts to reimburse our Advisor for all marketing related costs and expenses such as salaries and direct expenses of employees of our Advisor and its affiliates in connection with registering and marketing our shares; (ii) technology costs associated with the Public Offering; (iii) our costs of conducting our training and education meetings; (iv) our costs of attending retail seminars conducted by participating broker-dealers; and (v) payment or reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses. Our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month which the Public Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering.

We do not have any employees. Our Advisor is primarily responsible for managing our business affairs and carrying out the directives of our board of directors. Our Advisor receives various fees and expenses under the terms of our Advisory Agreement. As noted above, we are required under our Advisory Agreement to reimburse our Advisor for organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor will fund, and will not be reimbursed for, 1.15% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses, and is required to reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the Public Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) in excess of 3.5% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering.

Our Advisory Agreement also requires our Advisor to reimburse us to the extent that offering expenses, including sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees, dealer manager servicing fees and organization and offering expenses, are in excess of 15% of gross proceeds from the Public Offering. Our Advisor also receives a monthly asset management fee equal to 0.0833%, which is one-twelfth of 1%, of our aggregate asset value, as defined. Our Advisor may also be entitled to various subordinated distributions under our operating partnership agreement if we (1) list our shares of common stock on a national exchange, (2) terminate our Advisory Agreement, or (3) liquidate our portfolio.

Our Advisory Agreement provides for reimbursement of our Advisor’s direct and indirect costs of providing administrative and management services to us. Beginning four fiscal quarters after we acquire our first real estate asset, our Advisor is required to pay or reimburse us the amount by which our aggregate annual operating expenses, as defined, exceed the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, as defined, unless a majority of our independent directors determine that such excess expenses were justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. For any fiscal quarter for which total operating expenses for the 12 months then ended exceed the limitation, we will disclose this fact in our next quarterly report or within 60 days of the end of that quarter and send a written disclosure of this fact to our stockholders. In each case the disclosure will include an explanation of the factors that the independent directors considered in arriving at the conclusion that the excess expenses were justified.

As of March 31, 2019, our aggregate annual operating expenses, as defined, did not exceed the thresholds described above.

As of December 31, 2018, we had incurred total operating expenses for the 12 months then ended that exceeded the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, as defined, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended by approximately $210,000 (the “Excess Expenses”). On March 7, 2019, our board of directors, including all of the independent directors, determined that there were unusual and non-recurring factors sufficient to justify the Excess Expenses, including but not limited to: (1) the amounts reflect legitimate operating expenses necessary for the operation of our business; (2) we are still in the acquisition and development stage of our operations; (3) the start-up costs associated with our operations, including the expenses associated with being a public company (such as audit and legal services, director and officer liability insurance and fees for directors), are significant and disproportionate to our average invested assets and net income; and (4) our average invested assets were low due to us owning between two and 14 properties during the four fiscal quarter periods.

In connection with our Primary Offering, our Dealer Manager receives a sales commission of up to 6.0% of gross proceeds from sales of Class A shares and up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales of Class T shares in the Primary Offering and a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales of both Class A shares and Class T shares in the Primary Offering under the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement. Our Dealer Manager does not receive an upfront sales commission or dealer manager fee from sales of Class W shares in the Primary Offering. In addition, our Dealer Manager receives an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365^th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering. Our Dealer Manager also receives an ongoing dealer manager servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365^th of 0.5% of the purchase price per share of the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by the Company with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering; (iii) with respect to a particular Class T share, the third anniversary of the issuance of the share; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. We will cease paying the dealer manager servicing fee with respect to the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by the Company with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering; (iii) the end of the month in which the aggregate underwriting compensation paid in our Primary Offering with respect to Class W shares, comprised of the dealer manager servicing fees, equals 9.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering, and (iv) the date that such Class W share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding.

Our Dealer Manager enters into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which authorizes them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager will re-allow all of the sales commissions and, subject to certain limitations, the stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with sales made by these broker-dealers. Our Dealer Manager may also re-allow to these broker-dealers a portion of their dealer manager fee as marketing fees, reimbursement of certain costs and expenses of attending training and education meetings sponsored by our Dealer Manager, payment of attendance fees required for employees of our Dealer Manager or other affiliates to attend retail seminars and public seminars sponsored by these broker-dealers, or to defray other distribution-related expenses. Our Dealer Manager will also receive reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses; however, to the extent these due diligence expenses cannot be justified, any excess over actual due diligence expenses are considered underwriting compensation subject to a 10% FINRA limitation and, when aggregated with all other non-accountable expenses in connection with our Offering, may not exceed 3% of gross offering proceeds from sales in the Public Offering. We record a liability as due to affiliates for the future estimated stockholder and dealer manager servicing fees and a reduction to additional paid-in capital at the time of sale of the Class T and Class W shares as an offering cost.

Our Sponsor owns, through a wholly-owned limited liability company, a 15% non-voting equity interest in our Dealer Manager and affiliates of our Dealer Manager own a 2.5% non-voting membership interest in our Advisor.

From the acquisition of the Jensen Beach Property (on April 11, 2017) through September 30, 2017, our Property Manager contracted with Extra Space for Extra Space to serve as the sub-property manager for the property pursuant to a separate sub-property management agreement. As of October 1, 2017, our Property Manager terminated the sub-property management agreement, and our Property Manager now manages all of our properties directly. In connection with the termination, the property management agreement was amended and we paid Extra Space a termination fee.

~~Pursuant to the amended property management agreement, our~~Our Property Manager receives: (i) a monthly management fee for the property equal to the greater of $3,000 or 6% of the gross revenues from the property plus reimbursement of the Property Manager’s costs of managing the property and (ii) a construction management fee equal to 5% of the cost of construction or capital improvement work in excess of $10,000. In addition, our Property Manager or an affiliate has the exclusive right to offer tenant insurance to the tenants and is entitled to substantially all of the benefits of such tenant insurance. The property management agreement has a three year term and automatically renews for successive three year periods thereafter, unless we or our Property Manager provide prior written notice at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term. After the end of the initial three year term, either party may terminate a property management agreement generally upon 60 days prior written notice. With respect to each new property we acquire for which we enter into a property management agreement with our Property Manager we will also pay our Property Manager a one-time start-up fee in the amount of $3,750.

All of our properties are operated under the “SmartStop® Self Storage” brand.

Our Sponsor is the owner and manager of our Transfer Agent, which is a registered transfer agent with the SEC. Effective in June 2018, our Transfer Agent processes our subscription agreements and certain other forms directly, as well as provides customer service to our stockholders. These services include, among other things, processing payment of any sales commission and dealer manager fees associated with a particular purchase, as well as processing the distributions and any servicing fees with respect to our shares. Additionally, our Transfer Agent may retain and supervise third party vendors in its efforts to administer certain services. We believe that our Transfer Agent, through its knowledge and understanding of the direct participation program industry which includes non-traded REITs, is particularly suited to provide us with transfer agent and registrar services. Our Transfer Agent also conducts transfer agent and registrar services for other non-traded REITs sponsored by our Sponsor.

It is the duty of our board of directors to evaluate the performance of our Transfer Agent. In connection with the engagement of our Transfer Agent, we paid a one-time initial setup fee. In addition, the other fees to be paid to our Transfer Agent are based on a fixed quarterly fee, one-time account setup fees and monthly open account fees. In addition, we will reimburse our Transfer Agent for all reasonable expenses or other changes incurred by it in connection with the provision of its services to us, and we will pay our Transfer Agent fees for any additional services we may request from time to time, in accordance with its rates then in effect. Upon the request of our Transfer Agent, we may also advance payment for substantial reasonable out-of-pocket expenditures to be incurred by it.

The initial term of the Transfer Agent Agreement is three years, which term will be automatically renewed for one year successive terms, but either party may terminate the Transfer Agent Agreement upon 90 days’ prior written notice. In the event that we terminate the Transfer Agent Agreement, other than for cause, we will pay our transfer agent all amounts that would have otherwise accrued during the remaining term of the Transfer Agent Agreement; provided, however, that when calculating the remaining months in the term for such purposes, such term is deemed to be a 12 month period starting from the date of the most recent annual anniversary date.

Pursuant to the terms of the agreements described above, the following table summarizes related party costs incurred and paid by us for the year ended December 31, ~~2017~~2018 and the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, as well as any related amounts payable as of December 31, ~~2017~~2018 and ~~June 30, 2018:~~March 31, 2019:

Year Ended December 31, 2017

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

Incurred

Paid

Payable

Incurred

Paid

Payable

Expensed

Operating expenses (including organizational costs)

$
283,322

$
278,258

$
5,064

$
291,522

$
267,137

$
29,449

Asset management fees

45,471

35,876

9,595

113,654

117,958

5,291

Property management fees⁽¹⁾

35,545

26,785

8,760

73,267

82,027

-

Transfer Agent expenses

-

-

—

58,172

50,000

8,172

Acquisition expenses

187,641

187,641

-

299,086

267,576

31,510

Additional Paid-in Capital

Selling commissions

2,212,286

2,212,286

—

2,121,065

2,017,226

103,839

Dealer Manager fees

797,508

781,825

15,683

715,301

697,940

33,044

Stockholder Servicing Fees and Dealer Manager
Servicing Fees⁽²⁾

533,108

17,948

515,160

634,952

76,212

1,073,900

Offering costs

1,581,394

1,548,028

33,366

213,807

238,824

8,349

Total

$
5,676,275

$
5,088,647

$
587,628

$
4,520,826

$
3,814,900

$
1,293,554

⁽¹⁾	~~During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and year ended December 31, 2017, property management fees included $0 and approximately $16,000, respectively, of fees paid to the sub-property manager.~~

	Year Ended December 31, 2018						Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
	Incurred		Paid		Payable		Incurred		Paid		Payable
Expensed
Operating expenses (including organizational costs)	$	775,948	$	754,396	$	26,616	$	278,651	$	212,327	$	92,940
Asset management fees		613,637		615,399		7,833		391,198		377,114		21,917
Property management fees		350,058		358,818		—		206,787		206,787		-
Transfer Agent expenses		163,898		153,355		10,543		60,484		57,550		13,477
Acquisition expenses		666,416		666,416		-		210,822		210,822		-
Capitalized
Acquisition expenses		76,890		76,890		-		26,700		26,700		-
Additional Paid-in Capital
Selling commissions		3,884,006		3,838,693		45,313		1,879,929		1,759,098		166,144
Dealer Manager fees		1,352,419		1,351,849		16,253		732,164		691,629		56,788
Stockholder Servicing Fees and Dealer Manager Servicing Fees⁽¹⁾		1,297,283		216,670		1,595,773		1,268,897		121,783		2,742,887
Offering costs		356,021		371,085		18,302		75,692		82,674		11,320
Total	$	9,536,576	$	8,403,571	$	1,720,633	$	5,131,324	$	3,746,484	$	3,105,473

We offer a tenant insurance plan to customers at our properties pursuant to which ~~as of October 1, 2017,~~ our Property Manager or an affiliate is entitled to substantially all of the net revenue attributable to the sale of tenant insurance at our properties.

In order to protect the interest of the Property Manager in receiving these tenant insurance revenues in light of the fact that we control the properties and, hence, the ability of the Property Manager to receive the tenant insurance revenues, we and an affiliate of our Property Manager agreed to transfer our respective rights in such tenant insurance revenue to a ~~newly created~~ joint venture entity, Strategic Storage TI Services IV JV, LLC (the “TI Joint Venture”), a Delaware limited liability company owned 0.1% by our TRS subsidiary and 99.9% by our Property Manager’s affiliate, SmartStop TI IV, LLC (“SS TI IV”). Under the terms of the TI Joint Venture Agreement, dated March 27, 2018, our TRS will receive 0.1% of the net revenues generated from such tenant insurance and SS TI IV will receive the other 99.9% of such net revenues. The TI Joint Venture further provides, among other things, that if a member or its affiliate terminates all or substantially all of the property management agreements or defaults in its material obligations under the TI Joint Venture agreement or undergoes a change of control, as defined, (the “Triggering Member”), the other member generally shall have the right (but not the obligation) to either (i) sell all of its interest in the TI Joint Venture to the Triggering Member at fair market value (as agreed upon or as determined under an appraisal process) or (ii) purchase all of the Triggering Member’s interest in the TI Joint Venture at 95% of fair market value. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, an affiliate of our Property Manager received net tenant insurance revenue of approximately $62,000 and none, respectively.

Our Sponsor owns a minority interest in a company that owns 50% inof an online auction company (the “Auction Company”) that serves as a web portal for self storage companies to post their auctions for the contents of abandoned storage

units online instead of using live auctions conducted at the self storage facilities. The Auction Company receives a service fee for such services. ~~Through December 31, 2017, neither our Property Manager nor our sub-property manager utilized the Auction Company at our properties.~~ During the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018, we paid approximately $50$1,500 and ~~approximately $150, respectively~~$100 in fees to the Auction Company related to our ~~properties.~~properties, respectively. Our properties receive the proceeds from such online ~~auctions.~~auctions.

We adopted a distribution reinvestment plan that will allow our stockholders to have distributions otherwise distributable to them invested in additional shares of our common stock. The plan became effective on the effective date of our Offering. The purchase price per share is $23.75 per share for Class A shares, $23.00 per share for Class T shares and $22.75 per share for Class W shares during the Primary Offering. No sales commission or dealer manager fee will be paid on shares sold through the distribution reinvestment plan. We may amend or terminate the distribution reinvestment plan for any reason at any time upon 10 days’ prior written notice to stockholders.

As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we have sold approximately ~~25,000~~79,000 Class A shares, ~~10,000~~41,000 Class T shares and ~~3,000~~10,000 Class W shares through our distribution reinvestment plan offering.

We adopted a share redemption program that enables stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. As long as our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market, our stockholders who have held their stock for at least one year may be able to have all or any portion of their shares of stock redeemed by us. We may redeem the shares of stock presented for redemption for cash to the extent that we have sufficient funds available to fund such redemption.

Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program with 30 days’ notice to our stockholders. We may provide this notice by including such information in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the SEC, or by a separate mailing to our stockholders. The complete terms of our share redemption program are described in detail in our prospectus.

Until our board of directors approves an estimated net asset value per share, as published from time to time in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and/or a Current Report on Form 8-K publicly filed with the SEC, the per share price for the redemption of shares shall be equal to the then-current net investment amount of our shares, which will be based on the “amount available for investment” percentage shown in the estimated use of proceeds table in our prospectus. For each class of shares, this amount will equal the current offering price of the shares, less the associated sales commissions, dealer manager fee and estimated organization and offering expenses not reimbursed by our Advisor. Once our board of directors approves an estimated net asset value per share, the per share price for the repurchase of a given class of shares will be equal to the then-current estimated net asset value per share for such class of shares.

There are several limitations on our ability to redeem shares under the share redemption program including, but not limited to:

For the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019, we received redemption requests totaling approximately $83,000 (approximately 3,600 shares) which is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of March 31, 2019, and was fulfilled in April 2019. For the year ended December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, we ~~did not receive any~~received redemption requests ~~for redemptions.~~totaling approximately $110,000 (approximately 4,900 shares), approximately $30,000 of which were fulfilled during the year ended December 31, 2018, with the remaining approximately $80,000 included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2018, and fulfilled in January 2019.

The limited partners of our Operating Partnership have the right to cause our Operating Partnership to redeem their limited partnership units for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of our shares, or, at our option, we may purchase their limited partnership units by issuing one share of our common stock for each limited partnership unit redeemed. These rights may not be exercised under certain circumstances that could cause us to lose our REIT election. Furthermore, limited partners may exercise their redemption rights only after their limited partnership units have been outstanding for one year. Our Advisor is prohibited from exchanging or otherwise transferring its limited partnership units so long as our Advisor is acting as our advisor under the Advisory Agreement.

From time to time, we are party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition, nor are we aware of any such legal proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities.

The following is a summary of quarterly financial information for the periods shown below.

On ~~June 12, 2018,~~March 7, 2019, our board of directors declared a daily distribution rate for the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2018~~2019 of approximately $0.004281 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock payable to Class A, Class T and Class W stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books at the close of business on each day of the period commencing on ~~July~~April 1, ~~2018~~2019 and ending ~~September~~June 30, ~~2018.~~2019. In connection with this distribution, for the stockholders of Class T shares, after the stockholder servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.003618 per day will be paid per Class T share and for the stockholders of Class W shares, after the dealer manager servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.003969 per day will be paid per Class W share. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month.

On November 7, 2017 (as amended on March ~~14,~~12, 2018), one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a property that is being developed into a self storage facility located in Surprise, Arizona (the “Surprise Property”). The purchase price for the Surprise Property is approximately $7.8 million, plus closing and acquisition costs. We expect the acquisition of the Surprise Property to close in the ~~first half~~second or third quarter of 2019 after construction is complete on the self storage facility and a certificate of occupancy has been issued. We expect to fund such acquisition with ~~a combination of~~ net proceeds from our ~~Offering and/or potential debt financing.~~Offering. If we fail to acquire the Surprise Property, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit approximately $300,000 in earnest money as a result.

On January 4, 2018, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a property that is being developed into a self storage facility located in San Gabriel, California (the “San Gabriel Property”). The purchase price for the San Gabriel Property is approximately $13.5 million, plus closing and acquisition costs. We expect the acquisition of the San Gabriel Property to close in the second ~~half~~quarter of ~~2019~~2020 after construction is complete on the self storage facility and a certificate of occupancy has been issued. We expect to fund such acquisition with net proceeds from our Offering and/or ~~potential~~a credit facility or other debt financing. If we fail to acquire the San Gabriel Property, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit approximately $200,000 in earnest money as a result.

In January 2018, a subsidiary of our sponsor entered into two contribution agreements (“Contribution Agreements”) with a subsidiary of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust, an unaffiliated third party (“SmartCentres”), for two tracts of land located in Brampton, Ontario (the “Brampton Land”) and Vaughan, Ontario (the “Vaughan Land,” and collectively with the Brampton Land, the “Ontario Lots”) in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada. On March 26, 2018, the subsidiary of our sponsor assigned its interest in the two Contribution Agreements to one of our subsidiaries. Upon closing of the Ontario Lots, self storage facilities will be developed on both of the Ontario Lots in a joint ~~venture~~ventures with SmartCentres.

Upon closing, the Ontario Lots will each be owned by a limited partnership (the ~~“Limited~~“Ontario Limited Partnerships”), in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) will each be a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner in the Ontario Limited Partnerships. On June 6, 2018, we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) entered into Initial Limited Partnership Agreements for each joint venture. It is intended that the Ontario Limited Partnerships develop self storage facilities on the Ontario Lots. The value of the Brampton Land and the Vaughan Land to be contributed by SmartCentres to the Ontario Limited Partnerships has an agreed upon fair market value of approximately $1.8 million CAD and $3.4 million CAD, respectively. At closing, we (through our subsidiaries) will subscribe for 50% of the units in the ~~Brampton and Vaughan~~Ontario Limited Partnerships at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately $0.9 million CAD and $1.7 million CAD, respectively, representing contributions equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of each parcel of land. We expect the acquisitions of the Brampton Land and Vaughan Land to close in the ~~fourth~~second or third quarter of ~~2018 and the first quarter of~~ 2019 ~~respectively~~ after the land has been zoned so as to permit the self storage

facilities. In some circumstances, if we fail to complete the Brampton Land and Vaughan Land acquisition, we may forfeit up to approximately $200,000 CAD and $500,000 CAD, respectively in earnest money.

In January 2019, one of our subsidiaries entered into two contribution agreements with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, for two tracts of land located in Scarborough, Ontario (the “Scarborough Land”) and Brampton, Ontario (the “KingspointLand,” and collectively with the Scarborough Land, the “Ontario II Lots”) in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada. Upon closing of the Ontario II Lots, self storage facilities will be developed on both of the Ontario II Lots in a joint venture with SmartCentres.

Upon closing, the Ontario II Lots will each be owned by a limited partnership (the “Ontario II Limited Partnerships”), in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) will each be a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner in the Ontario II Limited Partnerships. It is intended that the Ontario II Limited Partnerships develop self storage facilities on the Ontario II Lots. The value of the Scarborough Land and the KingspointLand to be contributed by SmartCentres to the Ontario II Limited Partnerships has an agreed upon fair market value of approximately $1.8 million CAD and $3.3 million CAD, respectively. At closing, we (through our subsidiaries) will subscribe for 50% of the units in the Ontario IILimited Partnerships at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately $0.9 million CAD and $1.7 million CAD, respectively, representing contributions equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of each parcel of land. We expect the acquisitions of the Scarborough Land and KingspointLand to close in the first half of 2020 after the land has been zoned so as to permit the self storage facilities. In some circumstances, if we fail to complete the Scarborough Land and KingspointLand acquisition, we may forfeit up to approximately $300,000 CAD and $150,000 CAD, respectively in earnest money.

On April 16, 2018, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a property that is being developed into a self storage facility located in Escondido, California (the “Escondido Property”). The purchase price for the Escondido Property is approximately $18.0 million, plus closing and acquisition costs. We expect the acquisition of the Escondido Property to close in the ~~second half~~third quarter of 2019 after construction is complete on the self storage facility and a certificate of occupancy has been issued. We expect to fund such acquisition with net proceeds from our Offering and/or potential debt financing. If we fail to acquire the Escondido Property, in addition to the incurred acquisition costs, we may also forfeit $750,000 in earnest money as a result.

On ~~April 18, 2018~~, one of our subsidiaries executed a purchase and sale agreement with unaffiliated third parties for the acquisition of a portfolio of seven self storage facilities located in the greater Houston area of Texas (the “Houston Portfolio”). The purchase price for the Houston Portfolio is approximately $58.5 million, plus closing and acquisition costs. We expect the acquisition of the Houston Portfolio to close in the third and/or fourth quarter of 2018 and expect to fund the acquisition with net proceeds from our Offering, assumptions of existing loans and a draw on the KeyBank Term Loan. If we fail to acquire the Houston Portfolio, we may also forfeit approximately $1,000,000 in earnest money as a result.

~~On April 17,~~July 31, 2018, one of our subsidiaries ~~executed~~made a preferred equity investment of approximately $2.5 million in the entity that is developing the Escondido Property. Such investment will be redeemed upon purchase of the completed property and ~~sale agreement~~has an annual preferred return of 8%, to be paid quarterly, with an ~~unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a self storage facility located in Cary, North Carolina (the “Cary Property”). Under the original terms~~additional 4% preferred return to be paid upon closing of the ~~Cary Property Purchase Agreement~~property. The Company accounts for this preferred equity investment using the equity method of accounting and ~~First Amendment thereto,~~it is included in other assets in the ~~Approval Period (as defined therein) would have expired on June 11, 2018, and unless our subsidiary provided the seller~~accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of the Cary Property with a notice to consummate the transaction prior to the expiration of the Approval Period, the Cary Property Purchase Agreement would have automatically terminated at such time. The parties did not agree to any further extension of the Approval Period. Accordingly, on June 11, 2018, the Cary Property Purchase Agreement terminated according to its terms and our initial deposit of $150,000 was returned in full.March 31, 2019.

On July 18, 2018, we purchased a self storage facility (the “Las Vegas II Property”) located in Las Vegas, Nevada. We acquired the Las Vegas Property from an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price of approximately $12.8 million, plus closing costs which was funded with net proceeds from our Offering.

On August 1, 2018, we purchased a self storage facility (the “Naples Property”) located in Naples, Florida. We acquired the Naples Property from an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price of approximately $27.3 million, plus closing costs which was funded with net proceeds from our Offering and a draw on the KeyBank Term Loan.

On July 31, 2018, we, through six special purpose entities (collectively, the “Borrower”) wholly owned by our Operating Partnership, entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with KeyBank, National Association (“KeyBank”), as administrative agent and KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, as sole book runner and sole lead arranger.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has a maximum borrowing capacity of $70 million (the “KeyBank Credit Facility”). However, certain financial requirements with respect to both the Borrower and the “Pool” of “Mortgaged Properties” (as each term is defined in the Credit Agreement) must be satisfied prior to making any drawdowns on the KeyBank Credit Facility in accordance with the Credit Agreement. In order to finance a portion of the Naples Property acquisition, the Borrower, through six special purposes entities, borrowed $17 million on the KeyBank Credit Facility. Accordingly, the Borrower is currently able to borrow approximately an additional $16 million under the KeyBank Credit Facility and remain in compliance with the financial requirements. Prior to October 31, 2018, additional properties may be added to the Pool of Mortgaged Properties, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, which may allow the Borrower to borrow up to the maximum capacity of $70 million and remain in compliance with the financial requirements. After October 31, 2018, the maximum borrowing capacity of the KeyBank Credit Facility shall be reduced by the amount of the undrawn commitments as of that date. It is anticipated that the KeyBank Credit Facility will be used by the Borrower to fund future self storage property acquisitions in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

The KeyBank Credit Facility is a term loan that has a maturity date of July 31, 2019, which may, in certain circumstances, be extended at the option of the Borrower until July 31, 2020. In general, payments due under the KeyBank Credit Facility are interest-only.

The amounts outstanding under the KeyBank Credit Facility bear interest based on the type of borrowing, which are either “ABR” or “Eurodollar” (as each term is defined in the Credit Agreement) at our election, and whether the Principal Reduction Conditions have been satisfied.

We and the Borrower, on a consolidated basis, must at all times comply with the following financial covenants: (i) a total leverage ratio no greater than 65%; and (ii) a tangible net worth not less than the Base Amount, plus 85% of the net equity proceeds received by us after the effective date. The Pool of Mortgaged Properties shall at all times comply with the following covenants: (i) Maximum Pool loan to value ratio not greater than 60%; (ii) prior to October 31, 2018, a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.20:1.00; and (iii) from and after October 31, 2018, a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.35:1.00. If the Borrower does not meet certain other quarterly debt service coverage ratios, the Borrower may be required either to fund certain amounts into an account held by KeyBank, as administrative agent as additional collateral or to make certain prepayments, as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

On July 31, 2018, one of our subsidiaries made a preferred equity investment of approximately $2.5 million in the entity that is developing the Escondido Property. Such investment will be redeemed upon purchase of the completed property and has a preferred return of 8% to be paid quarterly, with an additional 4% preferred return to be paid upon closing of the property.

~~Mission Viejo Land~~ ~~On July 25, 2018, a~~ ~~subsidiary of our Sponsor assigned its interest in a real estate contract to purchase vacant land in Mission Viejo, California (the “Mission Viejo Land’) to one of our subsidiaries.~~ The purchase price for the Mission Viejo Land is approximately $4.3 million, plus closing and acquisition costs. We expect the acquisition of the Mission Viejo Land to close in the third quarter of 2018. Subsequent to the acquisition of the Mission Viejo Land, the land will be developed into a self storage facility (the “Mission Viejo Property”). ~~If we fail to acquire the Mission Viejo Land, we may also forfeit approximately $100,000 in earnest money as a result.~~

As of ~~August~~May 3, ~~2018,~~2019, in connection with our ~~Private Offering Transaction and Offering~~Offerings we have issued approximately ~~2,400,000~~3,740,445 Class A shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$58.4~~$91.7 million, approximately ~~1,079,000~~2,821,165 Class T shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$26.1~~$68.2 million and approximately ~~257,000~~711,993 Class W shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately ~~$5.8~~$16.2 million.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should also be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, ~~2017.~~2018. See also “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements” preceding Part I.

Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), was formed on June 1, 2016 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in self storage ~~facilities and related self storage real estate investments. Our year end~~facilities. The Company’s year-end is December 31. As used in this report, “we,” “us,” ~~“our,”~~“our” and “Company” refer to Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. and each of our subsidiaries.

SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company organized in 2013 (our “Sponsor”), is the sponsor of our Offering ~~(as defined below).~~of shares of our common stock, as described below. Our Sponsor is a company focused on providing real estate advisory, asset management, and property management services. Our Sponsor owns 97.5% of the economic interests (and 100% of the voting membership interests) of Strategic Storage Advisor IV, LLC ~~a Delaware limited liability company~~ (our “Advisor”), and owns 100% of Strategic Storage Property Management IV, LLC ~~a Delaware limited liability company~~ (our “Property Manager”) ~~and 100% of Strategic Transfer Agent Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (our “Transfer Agent”)~~. ~~See Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Statements contained in this report for further details about our affiliates.~~

On March 17, 2017, we commenced a public offering of a maximum of ~~$1.0~~$1 billion in common shares for sale to the public (the “Primary Offering”) and ~~$95.0~~$95 million in common shares for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, the ~~“Offering,”~~“Public Offering”), consisting of three classes of shares: Class A shares for $25.00 per share (up to $450 million in shares), Class T shares for $24.21 per share (up to $450 million in shares), and Class W shares for $22.75 per share (up to $100 million in shares).

As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we have issued approximately 1,876,000 Class A shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $46.7 million, approximately 934,000 Class T shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $22.5 million and approximately 246,000 Class W shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $5.6 million in our Offering. We intend to invest the net proceeds from the Offering primarily inowned 16 self storage facilities ~~consisting of both income-producing and growth properties~~ located in ~~the United States~~six states comprising approximately 11,150 units and ~~Canada.~~approximately 1,305,800 rentable square feet.

As of ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we owned 50% of the equity interests of two entities that owned two tracts of land in the Greater Toronto Area that are intended to be developed into self storage facilities, with subsidiaries of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (“SmartCentres”) owning the other 50% of such entities. In addition, we had entered into four other contribution agreements with respect to four separate tracts of land in the Greater Toronto Area owned by SmartCentres. For more information, see Note 3 and Note 9 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report.

We have established accounting policies which conform to generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the U.S. Preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. Following is a discussion of the estimates and assumptions used in setting accounting policies that we consider critical in the presentation of our financial statements. Many estimates and assumptions involved in the application of GAAP may have a material impact on our financial condition or operating performance, or on the comparability of such information to amounts reported for other periods, because of the subjectivity and judgment required to account for highly uncertain items or the susceptibility of such items to change. These estimates and assumptions affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and our reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period covered by this report. If management’s judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions had been different, it is possible that different accounting policies would have been applied or different amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses would have been recorded, thus resulting in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may use different estimates and assumptions that may impact the comparability of our financial condition and results of operations to
those companies.

We believe that our critical accounting policies include the following: real estate purchase price allocations; the evaluation of whether any of our long-lived assets have been impaired; the determination of the useful lives of our long-lived assets; and the evaluation of the consolidation of our interests in joint ventures. The following discussion of these policies supplements, but does not supplant the description of our significant accounting policies, as contained in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report, and is intended to present our analysis of the uncertainties involved in arriving upon and applying each policy.

The value of the tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, is determined as if ~~vacant~~.vacant. Because we believe that substantially all of the leases in place at properties we will acquire will be at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month contracts, we do not expect to allocate any portion of the purchase prices to above or below market leases. We also consider whether in-place, market leases represent an intangible asset. Acquisitions of portfolios of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available.

Our allocations of purchase prices are based on certain significant estimates and assumptions, variations in such estimates and assumptions could result in a materially different presentation of the consolidated financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the consolidated financial ~~statements, as such allocations may vary dramatically based on the estimates and assumptions we use.~~statements.

The majority of our assets, other than cash and cash equivalents, consist of long-lived real estate assets as well as intangible assets related to our acquisitions. We will evaluate such assets for impairment based on events and changes in circumstances that may arise in the future and that may impact the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets. When indicators of potential impairment are present, we will assess the recoverability of the particular asset by determining whether the carrying value of the asset will be recovered, through an evaluation of the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. This evaluation is based on a number of estimates and assumptions. Based on this evaluation, if the expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived asset and recognize an impairment loss. Our evaluation of the impairment of long-lived assets could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as the amount of impairment loss recognized, if any, may vary based on the estimates and assumptions we use.

We assess the useful lives of the assets underlying our properties based upon a subjective determination of the period of future benefit for each asset. We record depreciation expense with respect to these assets based upon the estimated useful lives we determine. Our determinations of the useful lives of the assets could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as such determinations, and the corresponding amount of depreciation expense, may vary dramatically based on the estimates and assumptions
we use.

We will evaluate the consolidation of our investments in joint ventures in accordance with relevant accounting guidance. This evaluation requires us to determine whether we have a controlling interest in a joint venture through a means other than voting rights, and, if so, such joint venture may be required to be consolidated in our financial statements. Our evaluation of our joint ventures under such accounting guidance could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as the joint venture entities included in our financial statements may vary based on the estimates and assumptions we use.

We ~~intend to make~~made an election under Section 856(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2017. By qualifying as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year in which our qualification is denied. Such an event could materially and adversely affect our net income and could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

We derive revenues principally from: (i) rents received from tenants who rent storage units under month-to-month leases at each of our self storage facilities; and (ii) sales of packing- and storage-related supplies at our storage facilities. Therefore, our operating results depend significantly on our ability to retain our existing tenants and lease our available self storage units to new tenants, while maintaining and, where possible, increasing the prices for our self storage units. Additionally, our operating results depend on our tenants making their required rental payments to us.

Competition in the market areas in which we operate is significant and affects the occupancy levels, rental rates, rental revenues and operating expenses of our facilities. Development of any new self storage facilities would intensify competition of self storage operators in markets in which we operate.

~~On March 17, 2017, we commenced our Offering and formal operations. On April 11, 2017, we acquired our first self storage facility located in Florida.~~ As of ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018, ~~and 2017,~~ we owned ~~five~~16 and ~~one~~three self storage facilities, respectively.

Our operating results for the three months ended ~~June 30, 2017~~March 31, 2018 include ~~partial quarter~~full period results for our first two self storage facilities and partial period results for the self storage facility acquired during the ~~quarter.~~first quarter of 2018. Our operating results for the ~~three months~~period ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 include full ~~quarter~~period results for ~~three~~14 self storage facilities, and partial ~~quarter results for two facilities acquired during the quarter.~~

Our operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2017 include partial quarter results for our first facility acquired during the period. Our operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2018 include full six-monthperiod results for two self storage facilities acquired during ~~2017 and partial quarter results for one facility acquired in~~ the first quarter of ~~2018 and two facilities acquired in the second quarter of 2018.~~

2019. As ~~a result of the timing of the acquisitions of our properties,~~such, we believe there is little basis for comparison between the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 and ~~2017.~~2018. Operating results in future periods will depend on the results of operations of these properties and the real estate properties that we acquire in the future.

Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months Ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~

Total revenues for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$824,000~~$3.5 million and ~~$115,000,~~$0.4 million, respectively. The increase in total revenues is primarily attributable to a full quarter of operations for ~~three~~14 properties and partial quarter of operations for the two properties acquired in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a ~~partial~~full quarter of operations for two properties ~~in the second quarter of 2018, compared to a~~and partial quarter of operations for ~~one~~the property acquired in the ~~second~~first quarter of ~~2017.~~2018. We expect total revenues to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

Property operating expenses for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$260,000~~$1.1 million and ~~$60,000,~~$0.1 million, respectively. Property operating expenses include the costs to operate our facilities including payroll, utilities, insurance, real estate taxes, and marketing. The increase in property operating expenses is primarily attributable to a full quarter of operations for ~~three~~14 properties and partial quarter of operations for the two properties acquired in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a ~~partial~~full quarter of operations for two properties ~~in the second quarter of 2018, compared to a~~and partial quarter of operations for ~~one~~the property acquired in the ~~second~~first quarter of ~~2017.~~2018. We expect property operating expenses to increase in the future ~~periods commensurate with~~as our ~~future acquisition activity.~~operational activity increases.

Property operating expenses – affiliates for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$129,000~~$0.6 million and ~~$17,000,~~$0.1 million, respectively. Property operating expenses – affiliates includes property management fees and asset management fees. The increase in property operating expenses – affiliates is primarily attributable to a full quarter of operations for ~~three~~14 properties and partial quarter of operations for the two properties acquired in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a ~~partial~~full quarter of operations for two properties ~~in the second quarter of 2018, compared to a~~and partial quarter of operations for ~~one~~the property acquired in the ~~second~~first quarter of ~~2017.~~2018. We expect property operating expenses – affiliates to increase in the future ~~periods commensurate with~~as our ~~future acquisition activity.~~operational activity increases.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$504,000~~$0.5 million and ~~$179,000,~~$0.3 million, respectively. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of legal expenses, directors’ and officers’ insurance, transfer agent fees, an allocation of a portion of our Advisor’s payroll related costs, accounting expenses and board of ~~directors’~~directors related costs.The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase in ~~legal expenses,~~ our Advisor’s payroll related costs and transfer agent fees ~~related to the increase in proceeds from our Offering and the initial set-up fee paid to our Transfer Agent, and professional expenses which is~~ commensurate with the increase in our operational activity. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in the future as our operational activity increases, but decrease as a percentage of total revenue.

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$485,000~~$2.2 million and ~~$76,000,~~$0.2 million, respectively. Depreciation expense consists primarily of depreciation on the buildings and site improvements at our properties. Amortization expense consists of the amortization of intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is primarily attributable to a full quarter of operations for ~~three~~14 properties and partial quarter of operations for the two properties acquired in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a ~~partial~~full quarter of operations for two properties ~~in the second quarter of 2018, compared to a~~and partial quarter of operations for ~~one~~the property acquired in the ~~second~~first quarter of ~~2017.~~2018. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

Acquisition expenses – affiliates for the three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$179,000~~$0.2 million and $42,000 respectively. The increase in acquisition expenses primarily relates to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions of self storage facilities prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect acquisition expenses- affiliates to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

Other property acquisition expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $320,000 and $31,000 respectively. The increase in acquisition expenses primarily relates to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions of self storage facilities prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect other property acquisition expenses to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

Other income for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was approximately $96,000 and $0, respectively. The increase in other income primarily relates to interest income earned during the three months ended June 30, 2018 on cash balances.

~~Comparison of Operating Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017~~

Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $1,182,000 and $115,000, respectively. The increase in total revenues is primarily attributable to a full six months of operations for two properties and partial period of operations for three properties in the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a partial period of operations for one property in the six months ended June 30, 2017. We expect total revenues to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

Property operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $389,000 and $60,000, respectively. Property operating expenses include the costs to operate our facilities including payroll, utilities, insurance, real estate taxes, and marketing. The increase in property operating expenses is primarily attributable to a full six months of operations for two properties and a partial period of operations for three properties in the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a partial period of operations for one property in the six months ended June 30, 2017. We expect property operating expenses to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

Property operating expenses – affiliates for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $187,000 and $17,000, respectively. Property operating expenses – affiliates includes property management fees and asset management fees. The increase in property operating expenses – affiliates is primarily attributable to a full six months of operations for two properties and a partial period of operations for three properties in the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a partial period of operations for one property in the six months ended June 30, 2017. We expect property operating expenses – affiliates to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

~~General and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $800,000 and $295,000, respectively.~~ General and administrative expenses consist primarily of legal expenses, directors’ and officers’ insurance, transfer agent fees, an allocation of a portion of our Advisor’s payroll related costs, accounting expenses and board of directors’ related costs. The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase in legal expenses, our Advisor’s payroll related costs, transfer agent fees related to the increase in proceeds from our Offering and the initial set-up fee paid to our Transfer Agent, professional expenses, and accounting expenses which is commensurate with the increase in our operational activity. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in the future as our operational activity increases, but decrease as a percentage of total revenue.

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $685,000 and $76,000, respectively. Depreciation expense consists primarily of depreciation on the buildings and site improvements at our properties. Amortization expense consists of the amortization of intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is primarily attributable to a full six months of operations for two properties and a partial period of operations for three properties in the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a partial period of operations for one property in the six months ended June 30, 2017. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

~~Acquisition expenses – affiliates for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $299,000 and $48,000~~$0.1 million, respectively. The increase in acquisition expenses primarily relates to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions of self storage facilities prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect acquisition expenses- affiliates to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

Other property acquisition expenses for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$470,000~~$0.2 million and ~~$32,000~~$0.1 million, respectively. The increase in acquisition expenses primarily relates to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions of self storage facilities prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect other property acquisition expenses to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

~~Other income~~Interest expense for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ was approximately ~~$121,000~~$0.9 million and ~~$0,~~none, respectively. The increase in ~~other income primarily relates~~interest expense was due to debt obtained in conjunction with certain of the properties we acquired subsequent to June 30, 2018. We expect interest ~~income earned during~~expense to fluctuate in the ~~six~~future commensurate with our future debt level.

Interest expense – debt issuance costs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were approximately $0.2 million and none, respectively. The increase in interest expense – debt issuance costs was due to debt obtained in conjunction with certain of the properties we acquired subsequent to June 30, ~~2018 on cash balances.~~2018. We expect interest expense – debt issuance costs to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our future financing activity.

A comparison of cash flows for operating, investing and financing activities for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ is as follows:

Cash flows used in operating activities for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$1.2~~$0.5 million and ~~$775,000,~~$0.3 million, respectively, ~~an increase~~a change of approximately ~~$451,000.~~$0.2 million. The ~~change~~increase in cash used in our operating activities is primarily the result of an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of approximately $0.7 million offset by a decrease in our net loss, adjusted for depreciation and ~~amortization.~~amortization of approximately $0.4 million.

Cash flows used in investing activities for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$32.8~~$48.3 million and ~~$5.0~~$7.8 million, respectively, ~~an increase~~a change of approximately ~~$27.8~~$40.5 million. The increase in cash used in our investing activities is primarily the result of an increase in acquisitions during the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 of approximately ~~$24.7~~$36.3 million ~~as well as~~and an increase in ~~deposits made on potential future acquisitions~~investment in joint ventures of approximately ~~$3.6 million, offset by a return of deposits of $650,000.~~$4.1 million.

Cash flows provided by financing activities for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ were approximately ~~$35.0~~$45.2 million and ~~$7.6~~$14.7 million, respectively, ~~an increase~~a change of approximately ~~$27.4~~$30.5 million. The increase in cash provided by our financing activities is primarily the result of an increase in net proceeds raised from our ~~offering~~Offering of approximately ~~$28.3~~$25.3 million ~~partially~~and proceeds from issuance of debt of $6.0 million, primarily offset by an increase in cash distributions paid of approximately ~~$795,000.~~$0.6 million.

Through March 17, 2017, the date we commenced our Offering, we met our short-term operating liquidity requirements through advances from our Advisor or its affiliates, as we needed to fund our offering costs and operating expenses incurred before our Offering commenced. Currently, weWe generally expect that we will meet our short-term operating liquidity requirements from the combination of proceeds from our Offering, proceeds from secured or unsecured financing from banks or other lenders, net cash provided by property operations and advances from our Advisor which will be repaid, without interest, as funds are available after meeting our current liquidity requirements, subject to the limitations on reimbursement set forth in our advisory agreement with our Advisor.

On ~~June 12, 2018,~~March 7, 2019, our board of directors declared a daily distribution rate for the ~~third~~second quarter of ~~2018~~2019 of approximately $0.004281 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock payable to Class A, Class T and Class W stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books at the close of business on each day of the period commencing on ~~July~~April 1, ~~2018~~2019 and ~~continuing on each day thereafter through and including September~~ending June 30, ~~2018.~~2019. In connection with this distribution, for the stockholders of Class T shares, after the stockholder servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.003618 per day will be paid per Class T share and for the stockholders of Class W shares, after the dealer manager servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.003969 per day will be paid per Class W share. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month.

Currently, we are making distributions to our stockholders using proceeds from the Public Offering in anticipation of future cash flow. As such, this reduces the amount of capital we will ultimately invest in properties. Because substantially all of our operations are performed indirectly through our Operating Partnership, our ability to pay distributions depends in large part on our Operating Partnership’s ability to pay distributions to its partners, including to us. In the event we do not have enough cash from operations to fund cash distributions, we may borrow, issue additional securities or sell assets in order to fund the distributions or make the distributions out of net proceeds from the Public Offering. Though we presently intend to pay only cash distributions, and potentially stock distributions, we are authorized by our charter to pay in-kind distributions of readily marketable securities, distributions of beneficial interests in a liquidating trust established for our dissolution and the liquidation of our assets in accordance with the terms of the charter or distributions that meet all of the following conditions: (a) our board of directors advises each stockholder of the risks associated with direct ownership of the property; (b) our board of directors offers each stockholder the election of receiving such in-kind distributions; and (c) in-kind distributions are only made to those stockholders who accept such offer.

During our Offering, when we may raise capital more quickly than we acquire income-producing assets, we may not be able to pay distributions from our cash flows from operations, in which case distributions may be paid in part from debt financing or from proceeds from the ~~Offering and the Private Offering Transaction.~~Public Offering. The payment of distributions from sources other than cash flows from operations may reduce the amount of proceeds available for investment and operations or cause us to incur additional interest expense as a result of borrowed funds.

Over the long-term, we expect that a greater percentage of our distributions will be paid from cash flows from operations. However, our operating performance cannot be accurately predicted and may deteriorate in the future due to numerous factors, including our ability to raise and invest capital at favorable yields, the financial performance of our investments in the current real estate and financial environment and the types and mix of ~~investment~~investments in our portfolio. As a result, future distributions declared and paid may exceed cash flow from operations.

Distributions are paid to our stockholders as of the record date selected by our board of directors. We currently pay distributions monthly based on daily declaration and record dates so that investors may be entitled to distributions immediately upon purchasing our shares. We expect to continue to regularly pay distributions unless our results of operations, our general financial condition, general economic conditions, or other factors inhibit us from doing so. Distributions will be authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, which will be directed, in substantial part, by its obligation to cause us to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. Our board of directors may increase, decrease or eliminate the distribution rate that is being paid at any time. Distributions will be made on all classes of our common stock at the same time. The per share amount of distributions on Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class W Shares will likely differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. Specifically, distributions on Class T Shares will likely be lower than distributions on Class A Shares because Class T Shares are subject to ongoing stockholder servicing fees and distributions of Class W Shares will likely be lower than distributions on Class A Shares because Class W Shares are subject to the ongoing dealer manager servicing fees. The funds we receive from operations that are available for distribution may be affected by a number of factors, including the following:

The following shows our distributions and the sources of such distributions for the respective periods presented:

From our inception through ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we paid cumulative distributions of approximately ~~$3.0~~$7.4 million, as compared to cumulative net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately ~~$2.8~~$8.4 million. For the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, we paid distributions of approximately ~~$1.7~~$1.9 million, as compared to a net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately ~~$1.5~~$2.4 million. Net loss attributable to our common stockholders for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 reflects non-cash depreciation and amortization of approximately ~~$685,000~~$2.4 million and acquisition related expenses of approximately ~~$769,000.~~$0.4 million. Cumulative net loss attributable to our common stockholders reflects non-cash depreciation and amortization of approximately ~~$970,000,~~$6.6 million, and acquisition related expenses of approximately ~~$1.2~~$2.2 million.

For the ~~six~~three months ended ~~June 30, 2017,~~March 31, 2018, we paid ~~total~~ distributions of approximately ~~$202,000. From our commencement of paying cash distributions on~~$715,000, as compared to a net loss attributable to our common ~~shares in February 2017, distributions were paid solely from proceeds~~stockholders of approximately $566,000. Net loss attributable to our ~~Primary Offering~~common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2018 reflects non-cash depreciation and ~~Private Offering Transaction.~~amortization of approximately $200,000, and acquisition related expenses of approximately $270,000.

We must distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income each year in order to meet the requirements for being treated as a REIT under the Code. Our directors may authorize distributions in excess of this percentage as they deem appropriate. Because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period, but may be made in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and may be made in advance of actual receipt of funds in an attempt to make distributions relatively uniform. To allow for such differences in timing between the receipt of income and the payment of expenses, and the effect of required debt payments, among other things, we could be required to borrow funds from third parties on a short-term basis, issue new securities, or sell assets to meet the distribution requirements that are necessary to achieve the tax benefits associated with qualifying as a REIT. We are not prohibited from undertaking such activities by our charter, bylaws or investment policies, and we may use an unlimited amount from any source to pay our distributions. These methods of obtaining funding could affect future distributions by increasing operating costs and decreasing available cash, which could reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment in our shares. In addition, such distributions may constitute a return of investors’ capital.

We have not been able to and may not be able to pay distributions from our cash flows from operations, in which case distributions may be paid in part from debt financing or from proceeds from the issuance of common stock in the Public Offering. The payment of distributions from sources other than cash flows from operations may reduce the amount of proceeds available for investment and operations or cause us to incur additional interest expense as a result of borrowed funds.

Over the long-term, we expect that a greater percentage of our distributions will be paid from cash flows from operations. However, our operating performance cannot be accurately predicted and may deteriorate in the future due to numerous factors, including our ability to raise and invest capital at favorable yields, the financial performance of our investments in the current real estate and financial environment and the types and mix of investments in our portfolio. As a result, future distributions declared and paid may exceed cash flow from operations.

As of ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019, our total indebtedness was approximately $69.9 million which included approximately $68.0 million of variable rate debt and approximately $2.3 million of fixed rate debt, less approximately $0.4 million in net debt issuance costs. As of December 31, ~~2017,~~2018, our total indebtedness was approximately $63.8 million which included approximately $62.0 million of variable rate debt and approximately $2.3 million of fixed rate debt, less approximately $0.5 million in net debt issuance costs. Our variable rate debt has an initial maturity date in 2019 and we ~~did not have any third-party~~intend to exercise the extension option or repay the loan through debt refinancing. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about our indebtedness.

On a long-term basis, our principal demands for funds ~~are~~will be for property acquisitions, either directly or through entity interests, for the payment of operating expenses and distributions, and for the payment of interest on our outstanding indebtedness, if any.

Long-term potential future sources of capital include proceeds from our Offering, secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, issuance of equity instruments and undistributed funds from operations. To the extent we are not able to secure requisite financing in the form of a credit facility or other debt, we will be dependent upon proceeds from the issuance of equity securities and cash flows from operating activities in order to meet our long-term liquidity requirements and to fund our distributions.

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2019:

~~Other than~~On July 31, 2018, one of our subsidiaries made a preferred equity investment in an entity that is developing a self storage facility. For more information please see Note 9 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report. The investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. We also have joint ventures with SmartCentres, which are accounted for using the equity method of ~~accounting,~~accounting. Other than the foregoing, we do not currently have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships. Such entities are often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which typically are established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

Please see Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report.

We believe that we will experience minor seasonal fluctuations in the occupancy levels of our facilities which we believe will be slightly higher over the summer months due to increased moving activity.

Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. In pursuing our business plan, we expect that the primary market risk to which we will be exposed is interest rate risk and to a lesser extent, foreign currency risk. We may be exposed to the effects of interest rate changes primarily as a result of borrowings used to maintain liquidity and fund acquisition, expansion, and financing of our real estate investment portfolio and operations. Our interest rate risk management objectives will be to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve our objectives, we may borrow at fixed rates or variable rates. We may also enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps and caps in order to mitigate our interest rate risk on a related financial instrument. We will not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.

As of March 31, 2019, our total indebtedness was approximately $69.9 million, which included approximately $68.0 million in variable rate debt and approximately $2.3 million in fixed rate debt, less approximately $0.4 million in debt issuance costs. As of December 31, 2018, our total indebtedness was approximately $63.8 million, which included approximately $62.0 million in variable rate debt and approximately $2.3 million in fixed rate debt, less approximately $0.5 million in debt issuance costs. A change in interest rates on variable debt could impact the interest incurred and cash flows and its fair value. If the underlying rate of the related index on our variable rate debt were to increase by 100 basis points, the increase in interest would decrease future earnings and cash flows by approximately $0.7 million annually.

Interest rate risk amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rates on our financial instruments. These analyses do not consider the effect of any change in overall economic activity that could occur. Further, in the event of a change of that magnitude, we may take actions to further mitigate our exposure to the change. However, due to the uncertainty of the specific actions that would be taken and their possible effects, these analyses assume no changes in our financial structure.

The following table summarizes future debt maturities and average interest rates on our outstanding debt as of March 31, 2019:

Currently, our only foreign exchange rate risk comes from our Canadian joint venture interests and the Canadian Dollar (“CAD”). As a result of fluctuations in currency exchange, our cash flows and results of operations could be affected.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

The following should be read in conjunction with the risk factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the ~~prospectus contained in our registration statement, as amended and supplemented through~~Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ~~date of this report. With the exception of the risk factors set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors set forth in such prospectus.~~year ended December 31, 2018.

We have incurred a net loss to date, have an accumulated deficit and our operations may not be profitable in ~~2018.~~2019.

We incurred a net loss attributable to common stockholders of approximately ~~$954,000 and $1.5~~$2.4 million for the three ~~and six~~ months ended ~~June 30, 2018, respectively.~~March 31, 2019. Our accumulated deficit was approximately ~~$2.8~~$8.4 million as of ~~June 30, 2018.~~March 31, 2019. Given that we are still early in our fundraising and acquisition stage, our operations may not be profitable in ~~2018.~~2019.

The exhibits required to be filed with this report are set forth on the Exhibit Index hereto and incorporated by
reference herein.

The following exhibits are included in this report on Form 10-Q for the period ended ~~June 30, 2018~~March 31, 2019 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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	Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	2

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements:	2
	~~Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017~~	3
	Consolidated ~~Statements~~Balance Sheets as of ~~Operations for the Three~~March 31, 2019 (unaudited) and ~~Six Months Ended June 30,~~December 31, 2018 ~~and 2017 (unaudited)~~	4
	Consolidated Statements of ~~Comprehensive Loss~~Operations for the Three ~~and Six~~ Months Ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 ~~and 2017~~ (unaudited)	5
	Consolidated ~~Statement~~Statements of ~~Equity~~Comprehensive Loss for the ~~Six~~Three Months Ended ~~June 30,~~March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	6
	Consolidated Statements of ~~Cash Flows~~Equity for the ~~Six~~Three Months Ended ~~June 30, 2018 and 2017~~March 31, 2019 (unaudited)	7
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)	8
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	89
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	2730
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	3638
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3638

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	3639
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	3639
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	3639
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	3740
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	3740
Item 5.	Other Information	3740
Item 6.	Exhibits	3740

Description	Standard Depreciable Life
Land	Not Depreciated
Buildings	35 years
Site Improvements	7 -10 years

	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value
Fixed Rate Secured Debt	$	2,310,000	$	2,273,656	$	2,350,000	$	2,303,183

Real estate facilities
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	12,339,539
Balance at December 31, 2018				$	135,980,078
Facility acquisitions		28,383,953			42,305,491
Improvements and additions		114,281			140,495
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	40,837,773
Balance at March 31, 2019				$	178,426,064
Accumulated depreciation
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	(138,219	)
Balance at December 31, 2018				$	(1,769,436	)
Depreciation expense		(324,744	)		(1,044,854	)
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	(462,963	)
Balance at March 31, 2019				$	(2,814,290	)

Property	Acquisition Date	Real Estate Assets		Intangibles		Total⁽¹⁾		2019 Revenue⁽²⁾		2019 Property Operating Income⁽²⁾⁽³⁾
Plant City – FL	01/08/19	$	13,688,543	$	831,000	$	14,519,543	$	292,094	$	182,170
Newark – NJ	03/26/19		28,616,948		1,429,000		30,045,948		39,515		26,904
		$	42,305,491	$	2,260,000	$	44,565,491	$	331,609	$	209,074

	For the six months ended
	June 30, 2018			June 30, 2017
Pro forma revenue	$	1,182,217		$	617,983
Pro forma operating expenses		(2,629,618	)		(1,066,042	)
Pro forma net loss attributable to common stockholders		(1,322,413	)		(446,851	)

2019	$	68,091,448
2020		128,922
2021		137,392
2022		146,419
2023		156,038
2024 and thereafter		1,613,437
Total payments		70,273,656
Debt issuance costs, net		(379,599	)
Total	$	69,894,057

	Year Ended December 31, 2017						Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
	Incurred		Paid		Payable		Incurred		Paid		Payable
Expensed
Operating expenses (including organizational costs)	$	283,322	$	278,258	$	5,064	$	291,522	$	267,137	$	29,449
Asset management fees		45,471		35,876		9,595		113,654		117,958		5,291
Property management fees⁽¹⁾		35,545		26,785		8,760		73,267		82,027		-
Transfer Agent expenses		-		-		—		58,172		50,000		8,172
Acquisition expenses		187,641		187,641		-		299,086		267,576		31,510
Additional Paid-in Capital
Selling commissions		2,212,286		2,212,286		—		2,121,065		2,017,226		103,839
Dealer Manager fees		797,508		781,825		15,683		715,301		697,940		33,044
Stockholder Servicing Fees and Dealer Manager Servicing Fees⁽²⁾		533,108		17,948		515,160		634,952		76,212		1,073,900
Offering costs		1,581,394		1,548,028		33,366		213,807		238,824		8,349
Total	$	5,676,275	$	5,088,647	$	587,628	$	4,520,826	$	3,814,900	$	1,293,554

																Three months ended
	June 30, 2017			September 30, 2017			December 31, 2017			March 31, 2018			June 30, 2018			March 31, 2018			June 30, 2018			September 30, 2018			December 31, 2018			March 31, 2019
Total revenues	$	115,130		$	129,427		$	230,847		$	358,104		$	824,113		$	358,104		$	824,113		$	1,565,837		$	3,015,974		$	3,459,128
Total operating expenses		405,323			389,360			804,920			952,026			1,877,012			952,026			1,877,012			2,394,010			4,058,474			4,779,831
Operating loss		(290,193	)		(259,933	)		(574,073	)		(593,922	)		(1,052,899	)		(593,922	)		(1,052,899	)		(828,173	)		(1,042,500	)		(1,320,703	)
Net loss		(290,193	)		(259,933	)		(574,073	)		(568,747	)		(956,985	)		(568,747	)		(956,985	)		(1,185,278	)		(2,008,943	)		(2,416,506	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		(283,601	)		(256,899	)		(570,737	)		(566,467	)		(954,195	)		(566,467	)		(954,195	)		(1,182,557	)		(2,005,066	)		(2,412,725	)
Net loss per Class A share-basic and diluted		(0.75	)		(0.35	)		(0.40	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.31	)		(0.44	)		(0.43	)
Net loss per Class T share-basic and diluted		(0.75	)		(0.35	)		(0.40	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.31	)		(0.44	)		(0.43	)
Net loss per Class W share-basic and diluted		(0.75	)		(0.35	)		(0.40	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.26	)		(0.32	)		(0.31	)		(0.44	)		(0.43	)

State	No. of Properties		Units⁽¹⁾		Sq. Ft. (net)⁽²⁾		% of Total Rentable Sq. Ft.			Physical Occupancy %⁽³⁾			Rental Income %⁽⁴⁾			No. of Properties		Units⁽¹⁾		Sq. Ft. (net)⁽²⁾		% of Total Rentable Sq. Ft.			Physical Occupancy %⁽³⁾			Rental Income %⁽⁴⁾
California																	1		470		57,500		4.4	%		94	%		5	%
Florida		1		600		67,000		19.9	%		95	%		16	%		3		2,120		254,900		19.5	%		85	%		27	%
Nevada																	2		1,220		131,500		10.1	%		93	%		13	%
New Jersey																	1		1,900		158,000		12.1	%		79	%		1	%
Texas		1		480		60,000		17.8	%		95	%		20	%		8		4,610		605,900		46.4	%		87	%		46	%
California		1		470		57,500		17.0	%		94	%		16	%
Nevada		1		580		55,000		16.3	%		98	%		18	%
Washington		1		830		98,000		29.0	%		88	%		30	%		1		830		98,000		7.5	%		91	%		8	%
		5		2,960		337,500		100	%		94	%		100	%		16		11,150		1,305,800		100	%		87	%		100	%

	Six Months Ended									Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2018			June 30, 2017			Change			March 31, 2019			March 31, 2018			Change
Net cash flow provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	(1,225,739	)	$	(774,597	)	$	(451,142	)	$	(491,655	)	$	(261,433	)	$	(230,222	)
Investing activities		(32,759,388	)		(4,950,724	)		(27,808,664	)		(48,279,729	)		(7,824,729	)		(40,455,000	)
Financing activities		35,034,012			7,625,844			27,408,168			45,170,645			14,694,386			30,476,259

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2018				Six Months Ended June 30, 2017				Three Months Ended March 31, 2019				Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
Distributions paid in cash — common stockholders	$	989,117			$	196,981			$	1,019,952			$	419,331
Distributions paid in cash — Operating Partnership unitholders		7,502				4,832				3,425				4,004
Distributions reinvested		719,985				436				833,499				291,645
Total distributions	$	1,716,604			$	202,249			$	1,856,876			$	714,980
Source of distributions
Cash flows provided by operations	$	—	0%		$	—	0	%	$	—	0	%	$	—	0	%
Proceeds from the Offering and the Private Offering Transaction		996,619	58.1	%		201,813	99.8	%
Proceeds from the Public Offering										1,023,377	55.1	%		423,335	59.2	%
Offering proceeds from distribution reinvestment plan		719,985	41.9	%		436	0.2	%		833,499	44.9	%		291,645	40.8	%
Total sources	$	1,716,604	100.0	%	$	202,249	100.0	%	$	1,856,876	100.0	%	$	714,980	100.0	%

	Payments due during the years ended December 31,
	Total		2019		2020-2021		2022-2023		Thereafter
Mortgage interest⁽¹⁾	$	2,163,062	$	1,238,334	$	262,527	$	226,383	$	435,818
Mortgage principal⁽²⁾		70,273,656		68,091,448		266,314		302,457		1,613,437
Total contractual obligations	$	72,436,718	$	69,329,782	$	528,841	$	528,840	$	2,049,255

Property	Acquisition Date	Real Estate Assets		Intangibles		Total⁽¹⁾		2018 Revenue⁽²⁾		2018 Property Operating Income ^{(2) (3)}
Riverside-- CA	3/27/18	$	6,583,372	$	281,736	$	6,865,108	$	170,264	$	86,326
Las Vegas I--NV	4/05/18	$	8,841,728	$	346,682	$	9,188,410	$	170,696	$	115,311
Puyallup--WA	5/22/18	$	12,958,853	$	672,423	$	13,631,276	$	130,905	$	96,482
		$	28,383,953	$	1,300,841	$	29,684,794	$	471,865	$	298,119

For the Month Ended	Total Number of Shares Redeemed		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Redeemed as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That May Yet to be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 31, 2019		3,660	$	22.46		3,660		165,509
February 28, 2019		—		—		—		165,509
March 31, 2019		—		—		—		165,509

Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		First Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed on February 10, 2017, Commission File No. 333-212639

3.2		Bylaws of Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed on July 22, 2016, Commission File No. 333-212639

3.3*3.3		Certificate of Correction to the First Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q, filed on August 13, 2018, Commission File No. 000-55928

4.1		Form of Subscription Agreement and Subscription Agreement Signature Page (included as Appendix A to prospectus), incorporated by reference to ~~Supplement No. 2, dated June 20, 2018, to~~ the Company’s prospectus, ~~dated April 26, 2018,~~ filed on ~~June 20, 2018,~~April 19, 2019, Commission File No. 333-212639

10.1		~~Naples Purchase~~First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated January 8, 2019, incorporated by reference to Exhibit ~~10.1~~10.13 to the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form ~~8-K,~~S-11, filed on ~~June 11, 2018,~~January 10, 2019, Commission File No. 333-212639

10.2		~~Credit~~First Amendment to the Newark Purchase Agreement, dated ~~July 31, 2018, among the Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, KeyBank, National Association and KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC,~~January 11, 2019, incorporated by reference to Exhibit ~~10.1~~10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form ~~8-K~~10-K, filed on ~~August 6, 2018,~~March 20, 2019, Commission File No. 000-55928

10.3		~~Guaranty,~~Second Amendment to the Newark Purchase Agreement, dated ~~July 31, 2018, by Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. and Strategic Storage Operating Partnership IV, L.P.,~~February 19, 2019, incorporated by reference to Exhibit ~~10.2~~10.15 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form ~~8-K~~10-K, filed on ~~August 6, 2018,~~March 20, 2019, Commission File No. 000-55928

10.4		Third Amendment to the Newark Purchase Agreement, dated March 12, 2019, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 20, 2019, Commission File No. 000-55928

31.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101*		The following Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc. financial information for the ~~six months~~quarter ended ~~June 30, 2018,~~March 31, 2019, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iv) Consolidated ~~Statement~~Statements of Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.