Due Diligence
Due Diligence
Disaster Diligence: Transforming Employees To Emergency Responders
Responding to disasters is one of the most important activities that employees can be asked to handle. From natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes...
Coverage Questions: What should You Do When You Have An Insured Casualty Loss?
Whether it be by fire, flood, or storm, there is a recognizable risk to all real estate that it could be affected by acts...
Spotting Impaired Workers: Employers Tackle Costly Drug Misuse
The employee’s request had a certain degree of logic. He had just received a prescription for medical marijuana from a naturopathic physician. Could he...
Before The Hammer: Hits Preparing For Lien Sales And Auctions
Reality television shows such as “Storage Wars” have popularized self-storage auctions. To the average consumer, they’re full of drama, colorful characters, and fun. However, those...
Post-Pandemic Deals: Performing Due Diligence in Trying Times
For the self-storage industry, 2020 was an outstanding year with an unprecedented amount of new capital entering the sector. Some of this can be...
Lease It Up! Tackling Tenancy Troubles In Tough Markets
Owners and operators who were part of the first- and second-generation wave of self-storage may have lived by the “build it and they will...
Is It A Great Site? Factors To Consider Before Developing Self-Storage
From vacant big box buildings and urban infill locations to parcels in secondary markets or municipalities with high barriers to entry, there is no...
Hindered Performance: The Continuing Impact Of Elevated Development
Self-storage has been a booming asset class within the commercial real estate industry in recent years. Driven by migration of an increasingly mobile population,...
Hindered Performance: The Continuing Impact Of Elevated Development
Self-storage has been a booming asset class within the commercial real estate industry in recent years. Driven by migration of an increasingly mobile population,...
Farther Afield
Exploring Tertiary Markets Growth—it’s the universal trend
of post-World War II America. When our central cities, and later our suburban
areas, expand in total population and in...
Stop! Do Not Pass Go
Feasibility Study Required In the game of Monopoly, players move their piece around the board in an attempt to purchase as many properties as possible....
Tapered Growth
Has The Industry’s Development Cycle Passed Its Peak? The self-storage industry has been
living in a fantasy world for the past few years, a kind of...
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Is It Time for a Self-Storage Renovation?
How To Assess and Plan for Renovations at Your Self-Storage Facility
As any facility owner knows, it’s essential not to...
AZSA 23rd Annual Conference & Trade Show and Golf Tournament
Register for Hotel Here Member Rate - Regular admission is $230 until 2/11/23
February 15-16, 2023
23rd Annual Arizona Self-Storage Conference &...
4 Lessons the Self-Storage Industry Can Learn From Big Brands
Remember when you thought the best instant photos were Polaroids and Sears was the only place to buy appliances?...
The Truth about Self-Storage Lead Aggregators
Over the last decade, the self-storage industry has witnessed the rise and fall of several specialized lead aggregation websites....
Owning Your Stress For Success
It’s no secret that today’s work environment is stressful. With our current economy, labor force, and global supply chain,...
