To ‘Trust’ or Not to ‘Trust’
To ‘Trust’ or Not to ‘Trust’ By Pieter Kark and Ken Yap While asleep, Ginny dreamt many dreams, but the one she remembered when she awoke was a strange one: It was about life insurance. Wait… No… It was actually about leaving her home, savings and self-storage business to ...More
June 1, 2005 Pieter Kark and Ken Yap
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Finance
The Payment Advisor
“The Payment Advisor” is a monthly Q&A column to which readers can submit questions about card transaction systems, electronic funds transfer, check acceptance and processing, wireless transactions, international funds transfer, and other payment issues. To participate, ...More
June 1, 2005 Ross Federgreen
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Finance
Online Payment Processing
Online payment processing is supposed to be easy, right? But recent modifications to rules and regulations by credit-card companies have caused confusion about what merchants can and can’t do. Navigating the dos and don’ts may not be easy, but being able to accept ...More
May 1, 2005 Brent S. Hoffmann
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Finance,
Technology
The Payment Advisor
“The Payment Advisor” is a monthly Q&A column to which readers can submit questions about card transaction systems, electronic funds transfer, check acceptance and processing, wireless transactions, international funds transfer, and other payment issues. To participate, ...More
May 1, 2005 Ross Federgreen
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Finance
Alternative Payment Methods
Beginning in the May issue of Inside Self-Storage, Mr. Federgreen will host a monthly Q&A column titled “The Payment Advisor,” to which readers can submit questions about card transaction systems, electronic funds transfer, check acceptance and processing, wireless ...More
April 1, 2005 Ross Federgreen
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Finance
Financing in the U.K. Self-Storage Market
The U.S. self-storage market is more than 30 years old and comprises more than 37,000 properties, with an average occupancy of 84.6 percent. It has grown rapidly from 1992, when 19,500 properties experienced an average occupancy rate of 84.8 percent. The U.K. market, on the ...More
April 1, 2005 Andrew Jacobs
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Finance
Cap Rates & Property Valuations
What’s a self-storage facility worth? In terms of establishing a quick, initial value, most buyers and sellers agree the use of a direct capitalization method, or cap rate, is effective when used to compare similar properties in comparable markets. A cap rate is a basic ...More
February 1, 2005 Rob Schick
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Finance
Selling Portfolios & Single Assets
We remain in a seller’s market for self-storage properties, with capitalization rates ranging from the high sixes to the low sevens for high-quality portfolios and single assets. With pricing this aggressive, why are so many new players entering the industry? Capital flow ...More
February 1, 2005 Marc A. Boorstein
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Finance
Section-1031 Exchange
Since the 1920s, savvy taxpayers have been growing their wealth on a tax-deferred basis by using Section 1031 like-kind exchanges. Originally used by cattle farmers to defer payment of capital-gains tax on the exchange of cattle, 1031 is currently used to defer ...More
February 1, 2005 Thomas E. St. Jean and Nicholas Malagisi
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Finance
