Recuperating From 2017’s Natural Disasters Hurricanes Harvey and Irma inundated the Gulf Coast region in 2017, causing billions of dollars in...
After the ruling in favor of a customer in the Gil v. Winn-Dixie case (Florida District Court), the flood gates have opened against businesses,...
Dealing With Annoying Business-Saving Records The IRS recently reminded every self-storage facility and business about the importance of records,...
Fine Tuning Your Sales Techniques It’s likely that your self-storage facility has a new budget and set of goals in place for 2018. Typically, those...
A Completely Different Product By John Good and Warner Russell When asked about my profession by friends and people I randomly meet, I respond, “I...
Joel Deis, vice president and regional manager, Marcus & Millichap – Seattle Office, and national director of Marcus & Millichap’s National Self...
Best known for its hip coffee shops, lively music scene, thriving tech industry, and abundance of apples, Washington may soon be renowned for its...
Deeper Into The Digital Age If you ask anyone the definition of marketing, you might get a few different answers. It is defined as the act of...
The Ins And Outs Of Joint Ventures Our technology-driven world has had far-reaching implications on real estate investments. Amazon and other...
Cash Is Flowing! The self-storage industry presented two faces throughout 2017. On one side, there were widespread reports during the first half of...
Social Media’s Best Kept SEO Secret By Poppy Behrens and Claudia Martinez Your business needs to rank well on Google Local. That’s a fact. And you...
Throughout the years, self-storage tenants have stored—or attempted to store—just about anything you can imagine. From illegal to illogical,...
Over the past 20 years, self-storage facilities have been slowly evolving. The iconic, first-generation storage properties made up of rows of...
Over the last 15 years, the self-storage industry evolved from a mom-and-pop investment class to a mainstream institutional asset class. Heading...
Topographical Challenges In Self-Storage By Jeffrey S. Dallenbach, AIA, in collaboration with Cheryl L. Cole As the self-storage industry has...
Reconciling To Tax Reform 2017 Style Are you ready for tax reform? Well on its way to becoming a reality, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has passed both...
The Importance Of Tracking Supply And Demand Trends During A Storage Expansion Cycle The self-storage real estate sector operates amidst a building...
Coping Effectively With Customers Who Behave Badly By Kate Zabriskie Polite Notice: When it’s your turn, if you are talking on your cell phone, we...
Enhancing Self-Storage Operations Around the Country 2017 saw some positive changes relating to self-storage operations around the country. The...
A New Class Of Investors Since the Great Recession, the self-storage sector has grown by leaps and bounds. With a shortage of supply, growing...
Training Means A Lot To Millennials By Evan Hackel When baby boomers took their first “real” jobs upon entering the workforce, their demands and...
2018 To Bring Sustainable Growth Rates And Realistic Expectations The perception of the self-storage industry by outside investors is vastly...
Solid Construction Financing Exists For Your Self-Storage Project Today’s self-storage facilities are more than concrete walls and steel doors;...
Tenant Insurance Boosts Bottom Line It took the devastation of Hurricane Harvey in Texas to impress upon residents the value of having insurance to...
Four Ways To Bring Them To Your Self-Storage FacilityGrey’s Anatomy premiered on ABC in 2005. For 12 seasons this hospital-based television drama...
Due Diligence When Your Facility Is Being Sold By Vince Toenjes The on-site manager is critical to the company’s day-to-day success. When the...
Do you feel like there’s a self storage property on every corner? Or, you have had several large publicly traded storage operators just come in to...
Seasoned bike riders know when preparing for a ride in a far-away location, there’s only so much they can do. The terrain will be different, and, in...
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