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Automated Storage Facilities
Why They Aren’t A Myth If you’re unsure about embracing automated self-storage, here’s a cautionary tale about underestimating the...
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Why Automation Is The Way Of The Future
When I started Red Dot Storage, the business plan was pretty simple: acquire self-storage facilities and utilize automation and related technology to...
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Open Platforms Are Good For Everyone
When self-storage operators first
started using technology it was in the form of PC software that was by its very
nature isolated and rarely...
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What Took Us Down … And May Save Us Today
By Devin S. Huber, Principal, The BSC Group As a mortgage broker specializing in self-storage, my typical week
includes speaking...
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Are Your Kids Ugly?
By Noah Springer, Senior Vice President, Third Party and Asset Management, Extra Space Storage, Inc. Before I had...
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The Help Heroes Heal Campaign
Raising Funds For Wounded Warrior Charities Sherman Gillums, Jr. Throughout 2018, AZSA is encouraging self-storage facilities...
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Reconsidering The College Rental
By Norm Shore, Director, Kayne Anderson Real Estate How many years have we heard that the college rental is not the...
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The Times They Are A-Changin’!
Tom Garden – Owner of Syrasoft Management Software and co-owner of Catskill Self Storage in Leeds, N.Y. A dozen...
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Storage Rent Growth Is Strong
by Jeffrey W. Adler, Yardi Systems, Inc. Storage rent growth is decelerating but still trending up.
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Is Your Website Accessible To The Blind?
After the ruling in favor of a customer in the Gil v. Winn-Dixie case (Florida District...
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“The future ain’t what it used to be.” –Yogi Berra
Joel Deis, vice president and regional manager, Marcus & Millichap – Seattle Office, and national director of Marcus & Millichap’s National Self...
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The Last Word: Self-Storage Trends To Watch For In 2018
Over the last 15 years, the self-storage industry evolved from a mom-and-pop investment class to a mainstream institutional asset class. Heading into...
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Outselling Your Competition
Do you feel like there’s a self storage property on every corner? Or, you have had several large publicly traded storage operators...
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Networking iIn The Self-Storage Community
By Nick Malagisi, SIOR, Managing Director/National Director Self-Storage of SVN Hardy Good, one of the pioneers in our industry,...
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The Importance Of Securing Every Unit Door
In today’s world of instant access to goods and services, we’ve all grown accustomed to a certain level of customization and personalized...
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Need Data?
Join Us In Arizona! Information is the key to success. Given the importance of that fact
in our industry, I...
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Minding The One Percent
As industries evolve, the competition
gets fiercer and the stakes become higher. The things that used to be minor
differences...
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Prospering While Managing Risk
As real estate and economic cycles go, things are usually fine, until they are not. The old adage “better to be a...
Insurance & Risk Management
Why Offering Tenant Insurance Is Good Customer Service
James Appleton, Director of Sales, Publishing & Special Risk, MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC There’s a reason people choose...
Construction & Development
Site Selection Insights
As the self-storage development cycle moves over the crest and onto the downward slope, the low-hanging fruit has been picked. Good sites...
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Storage Emergencies
Helping Customers In Distress Upon recently returning to the U.S. from a vacation, I immediately
received a text message...
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Protecting Your Investment With Security
You can’t adequately protect your investment unless you have the proper security system in place. An integrated security system goes beyond protecting...
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Navigating Change
In many respects, 2016 was another banner year for the self-storage industry. Transaction velocity remained robust as property values continued to reach...
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YLG And The Self-Storage Industry
A little over four years ago, the Young
Leaders Group (YLG) was nothing more than an idea tossed around among a few
friends over...
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Remaining Relevant
It’s Time To Take Advantage Of Technology An “entrenched industry that is failing
to recognize and adapt...
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Credit Card Surcharges
Storage operators have long experienced the anguish of the transaction fees charged by credit card companies that come with accepting credit payments....
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...
