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1 Apr, 2017

Test Your Integrity

Are You A Great Leader? “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without...

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1 Apr, 2017

Accelerated Construction

Is There A Threat of Overbuilding? Charles Plunkett, president of CAPCO Steel, has specialized in...

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1 Mar, 2017

Competition Clash

New Development Within The 10-Mile Radius After many years of a robust transactional market, the...

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1 Mar, 2017

Storage Emergencies

Helping Customers In Distress Upon recently returning to the U.S. from a vacation, I immediately...

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1 Mar, 2017

Chip Credit Cards

Retailers Grapple With Costly POS Upgrades Shoppers love credit cards for quick and easy...

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1 Mar, 2017

Sunny Or Stormy?

The 2017 Financial Forecast Without a doubt, the past few years have brought about...

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1 Mar, 2017

Lance Watkins, CEO of storelocal

Over the past several years, consolidation has become somewhat of a buzzword among self-storage...

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1 Mar, 2017

Capital Markets Report

Private Equity Positioned To Soar Into Storage Sector Political changes in Washington, D.C.,...

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1 Mar, 2017

Market Watch: New Orleans

Self-Storage In The Big Easy New Orleans is considered to be one of the most unique cities in the...

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1 Mar, 2017

Operating At High Occupancy Levels

Why You Should Keep The Pedal To The Metal As occupancy levels across the self-storage industry...

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1 Mar, 2017

After A Lien Sale

Dealing With The Return Of Personal Property The situation is not that uncommon. At the...

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1 Mar, 2017

Self-Storage And Social Media

It’s Happening With Or Without You When Cindy (who asked us not to use her last name) placed...

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1 Feb, 2017

Payroll Pitfalls

Which Workers Are Overtime Eligible? As in many industries, employers in the self-storage business...

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1 Feb, 2017

Healthy Lending

Financing Amidst A Climate Of Rising Interest Rates In the wake of the presidential election and...

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1 Feb, 2017

Jeff Helgeson, principal at 180 Self-Storage

Thanks to high occupancy rates, increasing residential development, and the improvement in the...

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1 Feb, 2017

Emergency Preparation

Being Proactive Before And After Disasters “Be Prepared” is the motto of the Girl Scouts and the...

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1 Feb, 2017

A Budget For Your Business

Why You Need One Budget is a word many people find irksome. But when viewed in the context of...

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1 Feb, 2017

Danger Zone!

Overbuilding Is Happening Now Imagine yourself as a dinner party guest 25 years ago, and the...

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1 Feb, 2017

Lawsuit Tsunami

Thousands Of ADA Compliance Claims Flood Phoenix California and some other states have dealt with...

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1 Feb, 2017

Insurance Update

Coming To Terms With Aging Storage Facilities As the self-storage industry matures, the...

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19 Jan, 2017

Time To Shift Gears

Financing Gauges Begin to Move Since the 2008 economic recession, self-storage owners have...

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1 Jan, 2017

Broker Basics

Industry Experience Adds Value If you are planning to sell your property, you may assume a...

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1 Jan, 2017

Sorry, Wrong Number

Why Tenants Should Sign New Leases For New Units The new tenant who rented a 5-by-10 unit last...

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1 Jan, 2017

Proceeds From A Lien Sale

Following State Law Rules Although the expectation of having proceeds from a lien sale (defined as...

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1 Jan, 2017

Slow But Steady

A Storage Forecast For 2017 While election pollsters are probably still wringing their hands...

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1 Jan, 2017

Paul Yoachum, chief marketing officer at .Storage

There’s no denying that printed, hard-copy phone books and telephone directories have nearly...

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1 Jan, 2017

Navigating Change

In many respects, 2016 was another banner year for the self-storage industry. Transaction velocity...

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1 Jan, 2017

2016: An Off-Year

The Slow Moving Legislative Agenda Although the phrase “legislative activity” could be considered...

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1 Jan, 2017

Presidential Projections

Will Trump Be A Boon For Self-Storage? Here is something to consider as we move into the Trump Era...

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1 Jan, 2017

Changing Of The Guard

A Transition To New Leadership When Spencer Kirk joined Extra Space Storage in 1998 following a...

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