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Georgia Governor Signs New Lien Law

Earlier this month Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Senate Bill 61, an amended self-storage lien-law bill that updates the state’s ...read more

Safety Hazards and Bodily Injuries

As one of their many tasks, self-storage operators must guard against accidents that can occur on the property to tenants, visitors and staff. ...read more

What Do Customers Think About You?

If you’ve never offered a survey to your self-storage tenants, now’s the time to try it. Surveying your customers can be an excellent way to gauge ...read more

Do You Keep a ‘Do Not Rent To' List?

See what Self-Storage Talk members have to say about keeping a "do not rent to" list of problem past tenants, the criteria used to make the list and ...read more

Maximizing Your Sales Program DVD and Workbook

In this powerful training session, you'll discover better ways to educate customers about storage, set yourself apart from competition, generate more ...read more

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Self-Storage Portfolio Sales

As the economy has weakened and scandals spread throughout the corporate sector, new and experienced investors are increasingly turning to the stable returns of income-producing self-storage. The self-storage market is experiencing a recent surge in transaction activity ...More
February 1, 2003 Marc A. Boorstein
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Taking a Gamble on U.K. Self-Storage

Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world, makes its money against 50/50 odds. If you're at the Inside Self-Storage Expo in Las Vegas this year, don't lose too much money gambling—Europe's self-storage marketplace offers far better odds for success! But you can ...More
February 1, 2003 Andrew Donaldson
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Valuation of Self-Storage Facilities

Although the word "valuation" seems straightforward, thinking about the term will give us insight into ways of determining an accurate measure of value. The first question to ask is why someone wants to own a self-storage facility. The answer is almost always that they want ...More
February 1, 2003 Michael L. McCune
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The LockCheck™ System

CONDUCTING UNIT INVENTORIES AT MOST SELF-STORAGE STORES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PAPER-AND-PEN TASK FOR MANAGERS. But now the entire process has been automated with the introduction of the LockCheckTM system by CheckMate Technology Corp., headed by self-storage industry veteran ...More
February 1, 2003
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Success as a Team Effort

NOW THAT WE ARE INTO A NEW YEAR, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK at your facility's bottom line from 2002 and ask yourself some important questions. Did you achieve the goals you set for your facility? Did you perform your best? Did your management company work well with you? ...More
February 1, 2003 Pamela Alton
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QuikStor

SINCE 1987, QUIKSTOR HAS PROVIDED DEPENDABLE SECURITY AND SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TO THE SELF-STORAGE INDUSTRY. The company offers a complete system that integrates security, management and marketing. Its proven lines of affordable, forward-looking products give businesses a ...More
February 1, 2003
Posted in Articles, Technology
Preparing a Facility for Sale

There comes a time in the life of every self-storage facility when its owner decides to sell. The reasons for selling can vary considerably from one owner to the next. It may be for estate planning, the acquisition or development of another facility, the dissolution of a ...More
February 1, 2003 Rob Schick
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Specialized Insurance Coverages

THE SELF-STORAGE INDUSTRY HAS UNDERGONE A SERIES of tremendous changes over the past two decades, evolving from a core group of small, mom-and-pop facilities to a large, powerful organization of professional business people. The rapid growth of the industry has further ...More
February 1, 2003
Posted in Articles
Construction Corner

Construction Corner is a Q&A column committed to answering reader-submitted questions regarding construction and development. Inquiries may be sent to construction@ministorage.com. I own a carwash and would like to get into the storage business. What is the best way for ...More
February 1, 2003
Posted in Articles, Technology
Purchasing Self-Storage

You think you would like to buy a self-storage facility and are getting emotionally ready to make what could be the biggest purchase of your career. But unless you have bought and sold several facilities, you are walking into territory about which you know very little. This ...More
February 1, 2003 Tron Jordheim
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