• December 12, 2024

MSM Exclusives

MSM Exclusives

Self Storage Data Sharing

14 Sep, 2024

Delete Your Doubts: How Sharing Self-Storage Data Benefits Everyone

The old saying “share and share alike” posits that everyone in a group should share an equal amount...

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James McLean

14 Aug, 2024

Who’s Who In Self Storage: James McLean,  Radius+

For nearly a year now, the “hot talk of the town” has been the new pricing strategy employed by the...

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pricing bias

9 Aug, 2024

The Six Pricing Biases: Understanding Your Uncertainty

Self-storage owners are faced with uncertainty every day, and a lot of that stems from nagging...

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Self-storage rates aggressive

11 Jul, 2024

Are Aggressive ECRIs Leading To Lower NOI,  Higher Customer Churn?

Go to any self-storage event or attend any self-storage call these days, and the conversation...

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self storage data

21 Jun, 2024

Numbers Game: How Harnessing Data Helps You Succeed

In today’s digital age, data has become one of the most valuable assets for businesses, including...

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Self Storage News

1 May, 2024

Why We're Sending The New York Times Our Self-Storage Almanac

Last week, the New York Times published the story “Square Feet: Americans Went All-In on...

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self storage supply and demand

15 Mar, 2024

Dynamics of Self-Storage Resiliency: History of Supply & Demand

The self-storage sector has rightfully earned a reputation for being recession resilient. Unlike...

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self storage rate hikes

31 Jan, 2024

Aggressive Rate Hikes 3: Without Data, We’re Just Rolling The Dice

By now, you have the background on REIT rate hikes, and you’ve seen what happened when we...

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self storage rates

24 Jan, 2024

Aggressive Rate Hikes 2: We Tried it. Here's What Happened.

The REITs new pricing strategy – lowering web rates and then implementing dramatic increases just a...

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storage rate hikes

17 Jan, 2024

Aggressive Rate Hikes Part 1: How These Strategies Can Harm The Self-Storage Industry

The self storage industry is in a precarious position and it all has to do with pricing and...

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facility data

27 Dec, 2023

Understanding Facility Data: Don't Leave Money on the Table!

Imagine going into your doctor’s office and hearing medical jargon when they are giving you test...

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data sharing

27 Dec, 2023

Sync To Share: Arriving at the Data Sharing Era

In recent months, MSM has been highlighting the importance of data sharing in the self-storage...

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self storage data sharing

15 Nov, 2023

Sharing Is caring: 10 reasons to share your self storage data

“Sharing is caring” may sound like a lazy platitude, but when it comes to your data, sharing does...

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9 Jun, 2023

The Self Storage Data Sharing Dilemma

It can be stated without hyperbole that the quality of data in the self-storage industry is...

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Self Storage Data

24 Aug, 2021

Information Influx: Making Dollars And Sense Of Data

The dictionary defines data as “facts and statistics collected together for reference or...

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data breaches

1 Apr, 2018

Is Self Storage Safe From Data Breaches?

What do Yahoo, Adult Friend Finder, eBay, Equifax, Heartland Payment Systems, and Target all have...

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data mining

1 Feb, 2018

Data Mining Tools Matter

The Importance Of Tracking Supply And Demand Trends During A Storage Expansion Cycle The...

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self storage data breach

1 Sep, 2017

Data Breaches: What The Law Says

As it currently stands, there is no specific federal law addressing a business’s obligations when...

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self storage data

1 May, 2017

Digging Into Customer Data

How To Uncover Invaluable Information At Extra Space Storage, our data science team spends the...

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data security

1 Oct, 2016

Dealing With Customer Data Security And The Risk Of Identity Theft

There are two separate issues that need to be addressed when discussing security for customers’...

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