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Marijuana In The Workplace
As of Jan. 1, 2020, there are 11 states (and the District of Columbia) that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana....
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The Benefits Of Arbitration To Resolve Tenant Disputes
It is inevitable that disputes will occur between self-storage tenants and facility operators. Those disputes can range from alleged property loss and...
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Firearms In The Workplace: Creating The Right Company Policy
By Scott I. Zucker, Esq. The question of whether an employer can restrict their employees from bringing guns into...
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What Are A Landlord’s Obligations To Its Tenants During The COVID-19 Pandemic?
As we move into the fifth month of the pandemic, there remain conflicting signs of our future. Infections are rising, and deaths...
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Pandemic Lien Sale Restrictions: Going Forward After Commercial Eviction Bans
The self-storage industry has not gone through the COVID-19 crisis unscathed, especially in regions where moratoriums on lien sales have prevented operators...
Issues
Securing Credit Card Information
By J. Ashley Oblinger, Esq.Associate Attorney Over the last few months, we have all experienced many changes to our...
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The Problems With Deferred Maintenance
Regular maintenance on leased
real estate is a topic that affects all property owners and managers. Although
budgets are...
Financing
Fair Assessments – How To Appeal Property Taxes
Studies have shown that
property taxes are the most hated taxes in America. Why? There might be several
reasons,...
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Compliance With The ADA
When Are Repairs To A Facility Not "Readily Achievable"? Self-storage facilities are
"public accommodations" under the Americans with Disabilities...
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E-Sign Lease Agreements
Understanding the Legalities Starting with the passage of the
E-Sign law in 2000 (formally the Electronic Signatures in Global...
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Workplace Drug Abuse
Reducing the Risk of Impaired Workers Workplace drug abuse can threaten your
bottom line in...
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What’s The Difference Between A “Clickwrap” And A “Browsewrap”?
In that so many self-storage companies are moving to online lease transactions, it is becoming increasingly important...
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The “Creepy Tenant Dude” Syndrome
What's A Self-Storage Manager To Do? As odd as these stories have
become, the solution...
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Something Fishy Is Going On Here
Handling Suspicion Of Criminal Activity At Your Facility Law enforcement commonly describes certain red...
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A Unique Specialty Niche
Dedicated Gun Storage Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell While
the national debate over gun laws and...
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Sexual Harassment
Not Just In Hollywood Or In Congress Over the last few months, the
country has...
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Legislative Victories
Enhancing Self-Storage Operations Around the Country 2017 saw some positive changes relating to self-storage operations around the...
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What’s A Waiver Of Subrogation?
A "Waiver of
Subrogation" is a common provision found in most self-storage rental
agreements. It involves the subrogation rights of an insurance company as...
International
Keeping Pace With Spare Space
Challenges Confront The Peer-To-Peer Self-Storage Disrupters There has been some noise recently in Australia about self-storage industry disruption from...
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Natural Disasters Continue To Impact Self-Storage Operators
Once again, I find myself writing about natural disasters that have impacted our country. After years of dealing with the aftermath of...
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Data Breach
State Laws Govern As it currently stands, there is no specific federal law addressing a business's obligations when it...
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Online Crime
Are You Prepared For The Next Cyber Attack? Cybercrime has dominated news headlines this year, from a phishing scam...
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Workplace Drug Abuse
Reducing the Risk of Impaired Workers Workplace drug abuse can threaten your
bottom line in many ways: higher absenteeism, lower...
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What’s The Law On The “Salary Question”?
What's The Law On "Banning The Box"? Salary
"What's your current salary?" may seems like an innocuous question
that you might...
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A Storage Owner’s Rights:
When a Rental Truck Damages Their Facility The use of a rental truck is a common
occurrence in the self-storage...
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Surplus Uncertainties
Handling Excess Lien Sale Proceeds It’s been more than six years since Storage Wars, a reality television show
that...
Publisher's Picks
The New MSM Buyer’s Guide: Loaded With New Features And Benefits
The new Mini-Co Buyer’s Guide is online and ready for use. The site includes new features as...
Mastering Online Meetings: Industry Embraces A New Reality
The pandemic brought changes to the way most companies do business, and the self-storage industry is no...
Look Who’s Talking: Ann Parham, CEO and President of Joshua Management
In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic of...
2020 Facility Of The Year Overall Facility Winner: Brickhouse Self Storage
When the owners of Brickhouse Self Storage began envisioning their dream, they didn’t have a cookie-cutter facility...
2020 Facility Of The Year New Facility Winner: SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road
As a new developer, Erik Henson, owner of SmarterSpace Storage Archer Road, took a wise approach and...
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Bliss Edwards promoted to Executive Vice President as SmartStop Self Storage continues to expand its Canadian presence
LADERA RANCH, Calif., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. ("SmartStop" or the "Company") today announced that Bliss Edwards will be...
Storage Exchange Launches Real Estate Brokerage Platform for Self-Storage
Storage Exchange has launched an interactive website for buyers, sellers and brokers of self-storage real estate. The platform leverages...
Marcus & Millichap Hires Self Storage VP in Philadelphia
With 16 years of experience in the self storage sector, Kevin Bledsoe has taken part in the sale of...
Self-Storage Supplier Janus to List on NYSE Via Merger With Juniper Industrial Holdings
Janus International, a global manufacturer and supplier of building components and security technology for the self-storage industry, will go...
Self-Storage Real Estate Firm Marcus & Millichap Acquires LMI Capital
Marcus & Millichap (M&M), a commercial real estate investment services firm with offices in Canada and the United States,...
