From criminal activity to onsite injuries to natural disasters, self-storage operators must predict and and mitigate all manner of business threats. Important aspects to managing risk include understanding legal issues, practicing theft prevention, investing in insurance coverage, and keeping pace with laws that affect the industry.
To supplement shortfalls in sales-tax revenue, officials in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are considering a change to the city’s business-license fee structure in five categories including telecommunications, carnivals, check-cashing and title loans...
Male human remains were found on Friday at a self-storage facility in Okleigh, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. The body was wrapped in plastic and stuffed inside a garbage bin at Total Self Storage & Removals at 4 Milgate St. It was...
MiniCo Insurance Agency LLC, a provider of insurance products for the self-storage industry, has published a list of best practices for facility operators who offer tenant insurance. The list addresses regulatory requirements, program selection...
Storage Treasures LLC, which owns self-storage online-auction platform StorageTreasures.com, has acquired competing auction provider StorageStuff.Bid. As part of the transaction, StorageStuff auctioneers Cheli and Chris Rosa, a married couple...
The most effective tools self-storage operators can use to avoid onsite accidents are training and preparation. Consider this advice to keep staff and customers safe.
Selling tenant insurance to self-storage customers not only provides them with peace of mind, it can add to your bottom line. In this video, Mark Helm, author of “Creating Wealth Through Self-Storage,” explains why goods-protection...
