Utilizing the WebMake this a 'banner' year for your business
Utilizing the WebMake this a 'banner' year for your business By Michael Zervas, Michaels/Wilder Group Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you're doing--but nobody else does. Let's talk about turning on the Internet for ...More
May 1, 2000 Michael Zervas,
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Technology
Business-Interruption InsuranceProtecting your income during temporary business shutdowns
Business-Interruption InsuranceProtecting your income during temporary business shutdowns By David Wilhite Every self-storage facility owner should be aware of the need to protect his income against business interruptions. If you should sustain a direct physical loss from a ...More
May 1, 2000 David Wilhite
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Another Walk Down Wall StreetSelf-storage financing players talk about the market, lending terms, interest ratesand more
Another Walk Down Wall StreetSelf-storage financing players talk about the market, lending terms, interest rates and more By Tara Collins Higher interest rates have slowed the progress of smaller self-storage financing transactions. However, most lenders say there's still ...More
April 1, 2000 Tara Collins
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Finance
Thoughts From the Road
Thoughts From the Road By Jim Chiswell This month's column provides me with a very unique opportunity: a chance to talk about a major self-storage meeting coming to Buffalo, N.Y., next month. No, I'm not pulling your leg. Inside Self-Storage is bringing its spring expo to ...More
April 1, 2000 Jim Chiswell
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New Kids on the Block
New Kids on the Block By Harley Rolfe They call economics the dismal science. Boring as the subject may be, it guides sellers in effectively diagnosing and treating soft income and low occupancy. One of the incipient conditions of the self-storage industry is commodity ...More
April 1, 2000 Harley Rolfe
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The Need for Customers' Goods Legal Liability
The Need for Customers' Goods Legal Liability By David Wilhite If there is one absolute truism in the self-storage industry it is that you, as a facility owner, do not take possession of your customers' property; you act as a landlord and not a warehousemen. That is why you ...More
April 1, 2000 David Wilhite
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Updating Your Rental Agreement
Updating Your Rental Agreement By Scott Zucker Reprinted with permission from the Mini Storage Law Commentary, published by the law firm Weissmann & Zucker, PC. By far, the self-storage rental agreement is one of the most important tools in operating a self-storage ...More
March 1, 2000 Scott Zucker
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Addressing Competition
Addressing Competition By Harley Rolfe For many of you, marketing is not much of an influence. Competition is an annoyance, not a threat. As long as you are staying full, why bother? I agree. Marketing is not kid stuff. But if you need to address competition, marketing is ...More
March 1, 2000 Harley Rolfe
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Suds and Stuff
Suds and Stuff I bought my first piece of real estate last year, but unfortunately, it lacks something, a certain set of luxury items I swore I would never be without, a certain fundamental convenience no home should lack--a washer and dryer. And since there always seems to ...More
March 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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