Security
Security
Burglaries Without Break-Ins: New Type Of Theft Challenges Outdated Ideas About Locks
A crafty burglar arrested in Texas is making the news in self-storage circles. He is suspected of breaking into units in various parts of...
Converter Conundrum: Thieves Set Up Shop In Self-Storage Units
Precious metals, catalytic converters, and self-storage might seem like an unlikely combination, but thefts of catalytic converters are on the rise across the country,...
Workplace Violence: How to Reduce the Risk of Tragedy
It’s a nightmare scenario that haunts every business owner: A troubled individual’s simmering anger boils over into an act of workplace violence. The mass...
Cybercrime 101: Identifying And Combatting Cyber Risks
The amazing power and flexibility that information technology brings to the marketplace and to people’s lives come with some caveats. One of them is...
Competitive Positioning
Keeping Pace With Technology To Protect Your Investment By Stan Houser Savvy self-storage operators are taking advantage of technology to
gain a competitive edge and command...
Using ICC’s cdpACCESS
Building And Fire Codes Open To All The International Code Council® (ICC) code development process is a
process that is open to everyone. Anyone...
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’ personal information in the self-storage business. The first is...
Protect From Peril
Fire Safety Improvements For Self-Storage Facilities In 2015, a website called Becoming Minimalist posted 21 statistics that exposed how materialistic the average U.S. citizen has...
The Price Of Safety
Fire Code Sparks Costly Change In Charleston, S.C., a memorial,
appropriately called the Charleston Nine site, protects the sacred ground where
the Sofa Super Store, a...
No Guarantee In Security
The Best Deterrence Measures For RV And Boat Storage Placing too much faith in a property’s security features is a dangerous, foolhardy practice. In August...
Vigilance Is Key!
How Managers Prevent Crime And Tragedy Incident: The terrorist kept his volatile materials in a Kansas self-storage unit until the time was right to strike....
Voluminous Value
Four Unconventional Storage Services By its nature, the self-storage industry encompasses a diverse collection of companies, each made up of owners and managers working...
The Nuts And Bolts Of Security
Choosing The Right Locks For Your Storage Business Who sets the
security level for your self-storage facility: you or your customers? Your
first response is probably, “I...
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Storelocal Hercules – Build to Stand Out
As the demand for self-storage grows, so does the number of buildings popping up that often look like a...
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....
