Five Keys To Success In Marketing Rv Storage
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV). Afterward, I set out to rent storage spaces in both cities where I have homes: Las Vegas and New York. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what worked from my discussions with self-storage operators who offer RV storage, ...More
October 1, 2002 Fred Gleeck
Posted in Articles
Protecting Customers' Investments
WHEN SELF-STORAGE OPERATORS ADD THE SERVICE OF STORING BOATS AND RVS to their businesses, the potential for profit increases. At the same time, the potential for complications is also raised. Because of the nature of recreational vehicles--they're large, motorized or ...More
October 1, 2002 Liz Martínez DeFranco
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'Brass in Pocket'
MOST OF YOU HAVE AT LEAST VAGUE RECOLLECTION OF THIS 1979 PRETENDERS HIT IN WHICH CHRISSIE HYNDE PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS to get her muse to see how "special, so special" she really is. She croons, "I feel inventive. I'm gonna make you notice ... I'm gonna make you see, ...More
October 1, 2002 Teri L. Lanza
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Conversions
Converting a bus station to self-storage-roof, fascia, parking and paint. Since the real estate crash of the late 80s and early 90s, conversion of real estate from an absolute use to one of renewed activity has been a challenge to all owners. Whether it is an old mill ...More
September 1, 2002 Dan Curtis
Posted in Articles,
Development
Verifying Tenant Identification
When I first started writing columns for this magazine, terrorism issues were not on the list of topics I thought I'd be addressing. Unfortunately, since Sept. 11, security and protection of investments from terrorist activities has become a focal point of self-storage ...More
September 1, 2002 Jeffrey Greenberger
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Dateline London
I have just returned from my first visit to London, where I had the privilege of addressing a group of real estate investors, developers and self-storage owners at a reception hosted by Inside Self-Storage at the U.S. Embassy. During my four-day visit, I observed firsthand ...More
September 1, 2002 Jim Chiswell
Posted in Articles
Construction Basics
The basics of designing and building a self-storage facility are, in fact, real basic. They range from the inclusion of entrances for truck access to the rain ledge at the edge of the slabs; but there are numerous basic elements all facilities must possess. Buildings are, ...More
September 1, 2002 Heath Mulkey
Posted in Articles
Imaging and the Myth of the Paperless Office
The future of paper-based records management and storage seems safe indeed for the near and midterm future. This article discusses the need for paper, imaging applications for commercial records- management companies and new insights into the "myth of the paperless office." ...More
September 1, 2002 Cary F. McGovern
Posted in Articles,
Technology
