Operations
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Make Room For Awesome!
StorQuest’s Philosophy For Business And Life Over two and a half decades ago,
William “Bill”...
Legal Issues
The Problems With Deferred Maintenance
Regular maintenance on leased
real estate is a topic that affects all property owners and managers. Although
budgets are...
Operations
Behind Life Storage’s Warehouse Anywhere
Could It Be A Game-Changer Everywhere? For the past seven years, Life Storage has...
Operations
Convenient Communication: Why Customers Want To Text You
By Christine DeBord We all know how important it is to
meet our customers where they are and to...
Issues
Silver Tsunami
The Impact Of Aging Baby Boomers On The Self-Storage Industry The baby boom generation (born between 1946 and 1964)...
Financing
Storage CX: The Customer Experience
The Next Competitive Battlefield The self-storage customer experience
is changing. You may even be wondering why it’s called customer experience...
Construction & Development
Catering To Millennials
The Most Diverse Generation With One Common Trend As one of the largest generations, millennials are a constant topic...
Marketing
Be A Product Specialist
How To Create A Retail Environment That Wows When running a successful retail store,
you have to know...
Operations
Let’s Make A Deal – The Cost Of Concessions
The Christmas season is behind
us, but some retail establishments may still be adjusting from the hustle and
bustle...
Operations
Politics, The Economy, And Self-Storage
What’s In Store For 2019? The divided Congress resulting from the 2018 mid-term elections created uncertainty for the economy,...
Legal Issues
E-Sign Lease Agreements
Understanding the Legalities Starting with the passage of the
E-Sign law in 2000 (formally the Electronic Signatures in Global...
Operations
Bulletproof Planning
Is Dedicate Gun Storage A Good Fit For Your Facility? While the national debate over gun laws and safety...
Marketing
Knowing The Competition
Research And Evaluation To Stay At The Top Back when self-storage was a...
Operations
The Industry Leader Looks Ahead
What Are Public Storage’s Future Plans? Public Storage has been in business for...
Operations
2018 Top Operators
The Industry’s Star Players Similar to last year, new supply continued to surge into the
self-storage...
Legal Issues
Workplace Drug Abuse
Reducing the Risk of Impaired Workers Workplace drug abuse can threaten your
bottom line in...
Management
Top 10 Customer Complaints
Handling Issues With Finesse No one likes getting customer
complaints, but, let’s face it,...
Management
Pink Slip Panic
10 Tips For De-Hiring Managers There are two things that are
pretty certain in the job...
Management
Checks For Success
Advice For Conducting Property Visits By Bobby L. Hickman Frequent, thorough property visits to self-storage...
Insurance & Risk Management
MiniCo Insurance Agency Publishes Tenant Insurance Best Practices
To better differentiate the
various financial products targeted to self-storage customers, Phoenix-based
MiniCo Insurance Agency has published a list of...
Management
Clear The Table!
Putting Profits Back Into Your Pockets By
Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell The numbers don’t lie. There’s a...
Management
Wield The Five Keys
Leaving A Positive Leadership Legacy In Your Life By
Jeffrey W. Foley Many successful business people...
Construction & Development
Restoring Your Doors
Step-By-Step Instructions For Two Do-It-Yourself Options By CJ Steen One of the toughest questions when...
Management
Employees First!
Creating Cultures And Environments That Attract And Retain Top Talent Like
the circle of life,...
Financing
Self-Storage Franchising
Does It Work? By Marc Goodin We know franchising works
for many businesses like hotels, restaurants,...
Operations
Enveloping New Profits
Add-On Services That Provide Customer Conveniences As self-storage facilities become more customer...
Publisher's Picks
Hindered Performance: The Continuing Impact Of Elevated Development
Self-storage has been a booming asset class within the commercial real estate...
Insure For Disaster: Protecting Your Investment Against Extreme Weather And Natural Disasters
In 2019, the National Centers for Environmental Information recorded 14 weather and...
The Perfect Storm: It’s A Hard Insurance Climate For Business Owners
Natural disasters and other factors are beginning to take their toll on...
Make Room For Awesome!
StorQuest’s Philosophy For Business And Life Over two and...
The Problems With Deferred Maintenance
Regular maintenance on leased
real estate is a topic that affects all property...
Blog
Are Smart Storage Units Right for Retrofits?
Self-storage facilities - and the neighborhoods they call home - have come a long way in the past 30...
CURIOUS ABOUT THE CLOUD?
PTI Is Here To Help!
You've heard all the buzz around — but may be wondering what it could mean...
BETCO, Beavers & Virginia Properties: Dam Good Self-Storage
About the facility: In the heart of a military town in Stafford, Virginia, this Extra Space Storage Facility is owned...
Self-Storage Property Investment Team Introduces New Name
Marcus & Millichap Industry-Leading Self-Storage Property Investment Team Introduces New Name
Charles "Chico" LeClaire ...
BOARDWALK DEVELOPMENT GROUP ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF BOARDWALK STORAGE FUND III
Atlanta, Georgia – July 27, 2020: Boardwalk Development Group (BDG) has launched its third investment fund, Boardwalk Storage Fund...
