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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

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Commonly used self-storage terms like “free” or “secure” may seem innocent, but all it takes is one bad apple—a disgruntled customer with an ax to ...read more

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Do You Keep a ‘Do Not Rent To' List?

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  • Records Management Is Always Cost-Justified
    Records Management Is Always Cost-Justified By Cary McGovern ithout exception, records management is always less expensive than passive records storage. This column discusses the method that can prove it to your customer. There are three typical ways that companies store ...More
    May 1, 2000 Cary McGovern
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  • We're Dead-Eyes All Right--Right in the Foot
    We're Dead-Eyes All Right--Right in the Foot By Harley Rolfe Most self-storage operators set themselves up for the most vicious type of business pressure. The story of unbridled price competition needs to be told. I have usually danced around the subject, trying to avoid ...More
    May 1, 2000 Harley Rolfe
    Posted in Articles
  • Storage Units or the City Dump?
    Storage Units or the City Dump? By Pamela Alton One day, as you are making your rounds at your facility, you notice a broken lamp with no shade sitting beside your dumpster. Within 15 minutes, there also appears an old dresser with one drawer missing. By the end of the day, ...More
    May 1, 2000 Pamela Alton
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  • Self-Storage Software 2000With Y2-chaos now behind us, the focus is once again on the product itself
    Self-Storage Software 2000With Y2-chaos now behind us, the focus is once again on the product itself By Barry Morris Now that we're deep enough into 2000 to have stopped writing 1999 on our checks, it's apparent that things here on Mother Earth aren't as futuristic as many ...More
    May 1, 2000 Barry Morris
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  • Bangs and Whimpers
    Bangs and Whimpers In his famous poem, "The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot sardonically notes how the world ends: "Not with a bang but a whimper." And so it does, when all the hubbub over Y2-chaos turned out to be little more than speculation and a few midnight ...More
    May 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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  • Fine-Tune Your Management TrainingTurning your employees into ultra-sales people
    Fine-Tune Your Management TrainingTurning your employees into ultra-sales people By Rick Kaczmarek Whatever your involvement in the self-storage industry, you'll agree that the easiest way to improve performance at a specific property is to improve the effectiveness of the ...More
    May 1, 2000 Rick Kaczmarek
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  • The Disposable GenerationWho will be next year's self-storage customer?
    The Disposable GenerationWho will be next year's self-storage customer? By Shaun Ferguson I received a funny e-mail the other day that a university had supposedly sent out to professors to help them better identify with the incoming freshman class. After the initial humor ...More
    May 1, 2000 Shaun Ferguson
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  • 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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  • 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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