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.
The Inside Self-Storage 2018 Top-Operators Lists are a valuable resource featuring data on the top 100 self-storage facility owners and top 50 management companies.
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...
The historically established methods of securing a self-storage facility are tried and true, but there are new products and players on the market to help you safeguard your site and streamline operation.
Update 7/17/18 – Colabella was arraigned last week and had bail set at $100,000. He was arrested three weeks ago at his grandfather’s house in Wildwood, N.J., the day after the suspicious device was found in his Bethlehem self-storage...
As a self-storage operator, the last thing you want is for one of your customers, guests or employees to hurt himself onsite. Here’s guidance on preventing accidents and what to do if one does occur.
The new General Data Protection Regulations are now in effect, and they impact the way self-storage operators gather, store and use personal data from customers, staff, suppliers and the public. Learn key elements of the legislation.
Hong Kong firefighters battled a fire for nearly nine hours last week in the 15-story Wing Chai Industrial Building, which houses an Apple Storage self-storage facility on the fourth floor. The fire broke out on the ninth floor about 10:15 p.m. on...
