Breezing Through Hurricane Season
Breezing Through Hurricane Season By David Wilhite In any given year, during the months of June through November, an average of three hurricanes will strike the United States. In 1995, hurricanes accounted for more than 100 deaths and caused billions of dollars in damages. ...More
July 1, 2000 David Wilhite
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Communicating With Your Supervisor or Facility Owner
Communicating With Your Supervisor or Facility Owner By Pamela Alton As the on-site manager of a storage facility, you have many responsibilities: telephone sales, customer service, showing and renting units, maintenance, outside marketing and daily management duties, to ...More
July 1, 2000 Pamela Alton
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Small-Town Feeling
Calaveras Mini-StorageIn the heart of Gold Rush country By Barry Morris Some 150 years ago, pioneers with visions of a quick fortune swarmed the area of north central California, which is now Calaveras County, looking to reap whatever they could of the region's rich gold ...More
July 1, 2000 Barry Morris
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Classic Mistakes in Self-Storage Development
On paper, self-storage development seems like an easy project. The buildings are simple in nature, with only a roll-up door and metal partitions. The buildings have no real HVAC, plumbing or electrical components other than in the office. But the reality is several mistakes ...More
July 1, 2000 Jamie Lindau
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Development
MicroTask Inc.Creating a better way to do business
MicroTask Inc.Creating a better way to do business By Barry Morris Virtually any industry, including self-storage, has its benefits and pitfalls. But rather than simply taking the bad with the good, Christopher Capozzoli thought it would be better to take the bad and make ...More
July 1, 2000 Barry Morris
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Square One
Square One I recently returned from a positively awesome trip down to Supai, the Havasupai Indian Reservation located just southwest of the Grand Canyon. It's an eight-mile hike down to the village from Hualapai Hilltop, and another two miles down to the sacred Havasu ...More
July 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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Development
Site Selection & DesignMaking it work from square one
Site Selection & DesignMaking it work from square one By Kenneth Carrell The old real-estate adage "location, location, location" remains especially true when it comes to self-storage. With the costs of buildings fairly standardized, it's the cost of the land ...More
July 1, 2000 Kenneth Carrell
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Development
Why You Lose Business to Commercial Record Centers
Why You Lose Business to Commercial Record Centers By Cary McGovern In my last two columns, I described why records management is always cost justified and that self-storage is an easy mark for traditional commercial records centers as a source for new business. This ...More
July 1, 2000 Cary McGovern
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