The self-storage real estate market has been on fire. With fresh ground on which to build scarce and attractive properties for sale drawing multiple competitive offers, increased attention is being paid to smaller, older sites that traditionally...

Self-storage professionals who practice self-compassion perform better at their jobs. Find out why and how you can embrace this concept.

As Facebook, Microsoft and other tech companies espouse the wonders of the metaverse, it’s easy to imagine how connecting physical and digital worlds might transform future self-storage events. In the meantime, registration for the live and in...

Work meetings can be awesome or awful, productive or pointless. Here are some pointers to consider before scheduling your next meetup with your self-storage staff.

In many markets, self-storage is overbuilt, and yet the industry is red hot. The cyclical nature of the business reminds us that we’ve been in similar situations before, and there are already signs of coming change. Read about the current state of...

While you might not think working as a self-storage operator is a risky job, it can be. There are many possible scenarios in which you could face some kind of danger. Would you know how to react?

No matter how much the dominance of COVID-19 has made the last 22 months feel like one long year, the change to a new calendar brings new opportunities and challenges for self-storage operators, developers and investors. Let’s check the...

It’s been another challenging year. Even so, self-storage professionals have much to celebrate. Consider the following successes they’ve achieved.

Self-storage has become extremely popular with investors who want to capitalize on a hot-performing real estate sector, but success takes some know-how—and a willingness to fail. An industry veteran offers advice on mapping a path to success.

A self-storage manager learned a valuable lesson in keeping her guard up after doing a good deed for a tenant and that tenant’s rambunctious child. Enjoy the entertaining, albeit cautionary tale!