Financing and Loan Types
Watching the economy during the past year has been like riding a roller coaster. The unemployment rate is up, corporate earnings are down, inventories are up and interest rates are down. So with all the talk from recession to recovery and hard landing to soft landing, how ...More
November 1, 2001 Eric Snyder
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Finance
Who Wants to Be a Self--Storage Millionaire?
This was the most difficult article to write. I was presented with the task of writing it just before one of our country's most trying times: the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Like many other people, I now have a new understanding of how ...More
November 1, 2001 Neal Gussis
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Finance
The State of Industry Financing
The State of Industry FinancingThough lenders may run scarce, the 'paper' is still out there By R.K. Kliebenstein The last few years have witnessed many changes in the arena of finance, and self-storage financing has been no exception. In September 1998, the finance world ...More
March 1, 2001 R.K. Kliebenstein
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Finance
2001 RealEstate Review
2001 RealEstate ReviewWill there be an economic slowdown, and how will it affect self-storage? By Michael L. McCune In 1999, we were all so excited about the new millennium that we celebrated a year early. Now that it's the real beginning of the millennium, according to ...More
February 1, 2001 Michael L. McCune
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Finance
State of the Industry 2001
State of the Industry 2001Will self-storage's good fortune continue? By Barry Morris After a slow beginning, the 1990s became a decade of unprecedented prosperity for the self-storage industry. New properties emerged in many markets, bringing with them burgeoning consumer ...More
January 1, 2001 Barry Morris
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Development,
Finance,
Technology
Refinancing Your Facility
Refinancing Your FacilityLet the borrower beware By Scott Lee Shabel In this booming economy, you may be interested in refinancing the debt on your self-storage facility. If you are fortunate, you have contacted one of the handful of mortgage brokers who specialize in ...More
November 1, 2000 Scott Lee Shabel
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Finance
Show Us the Money
Show Us the Money I hate money. But I love money. Know what I mean? I often wonder what the social and political structure of this nation would look like if we reverted back to a simple, primitive system of barter. What if we could trade our talents, belongings or services ...More
November 1, 2000 Teri L. Lanza
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Finance
Show Me the Money
Show Me the MoneyPreparing yourself and your property for financing By R.K. Kliebenstein What should an owner do before refinancing or applying for a construction loan? What are the expectations? Are you ready? This article will help prepare you to work with a lender so he ...More
November 1, 2000 R.K. Kliebenstein
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Finance
The Big Financial Picture
The Big Financial PictureSelf-storage retains its advantages, bright future By Michael Parham True commercial development of self-storage began in the late 1960s by several industry pioneers who recognized a growing demand for residential and commercial storage. These were ...More
November 1, 2000 Michael Parham
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Development,
Finance
