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MSM Exclusives

Poppy Behrens

13 Dec, 2021

Goodwill Auctions: Storage Partnerships Support Charities

What started as a business partnership has developed into a mission to collectively impact people in need. In 2020, Lonnie Bickford launched Storage...

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8 Dec, 2021

2021 New Facility Of The Year Winner: Rockwell Storage, Mill Creek, Utah

Many studies have found that people want to purchase experiences more than things, but what happens when the concept of experiences and things are...

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8 Dec, 2021

2021 Facility of the Year Construction Winner: Life Storage at the Promenade, Scottsdale, Arizona

From its earliest planning, the team that brought to fruition Life Storage at The Promenade in Scottsdale, Ariz., faced a monumental design,...

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8 Dec, 2021

The 2021 Facility of the Year Overall Winner! Compass Self Storage - Jupiter, Florida

One day back in 2014, Todd Amsdell got a return phone call from a broker about a property in Jupiter, Fla. Amsdell is president and CEO of...

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8 Dec, 2021

2021 Facility Of The Year Specialty Winner: Vineburg Wine & Self Storage, Sonoma, California

Greg Van Cleave has always had a philosophy about life: “If something is supposed to happen, it does, and if it’s a struggle, it doesn’t.” He says...

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11 Nov, 2021

A Legacy Lives On: Westport Properties Keeps Community at Its Core with Charity Storage

Many non-profits nationwide lack adequate funding to serve the communities or causes they support. It’s no secret. But it’s a problem easily...

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8 Nov, 2021

Family Ties ...The Parhams’ Lasting Legacy

Faith is more than a five-letter word. It’s a commitment, like the one made between husband and wife. It’s a process, like making approximately...

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28 Oct, 2021

Cap Rate Compression Continues - Newmark Investors Survey Q3 2021

The self-storage asset class is now generally considered CORE or CORE+ commercial real estate, comparable to office, industrial, retail, and...

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29 Sep, 2021

Cyber Connections: Effective Networking In A Virtual World

With the shift to our new virtual world, you have probably found it more difficult to build and sustain professional relationships. Yet, the virtual...

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9 Sep, 2021

Spotting Impaired Workers: Employers Tackle Costly Drug Misuse

The employee’s request had a certain degree of logic. He had just received a prescription for medical marijuana from a naturopathic physician. Could...

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8 Sep, 2021

All-Ability Access: The Dos And Don’ts Of Website Accessibility

By Let’s take a poll. When you need to know something about a business, where do you look? Call it a hunch, but we bet you look online, even if it...

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1 Sep, 2021

An Eye For Danger: Mitigating Risk In Self-Storage

When you hear the term “risk mitigation,” what comes to mind? “Mitigating risk is really about being aware of your surroundings and if you notice...

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Self Storage Data

24 Aug, 2021

Information Influx: Making Dollars And Sense Of Data

The dictionary defines data as “facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.” In this digital world, in which facts and...

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20 Aug, 2021

Converter Conundrum: Thieves Set Up Shop In Self-Storage Units

Precious metals, catalytic converters, and self-storage might seem like an unlikely combination, but thefts of catalytic converters are on the rise...

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14 Jun, 2021

Neighborhood Start-Up: An Industry Disruptor or Passing Trend?

Neighbor Storage Inc. started with the simple premise that people with extra space in their homes, garages, sheds, or driveways, as well as owners...

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14 Jun, 2021

Workplace Violence: How to Reduce the Risk of Tragedy

It’s a nightmare scenario that haunts every business owner: A troubled individual’s simmering anger boils over into an act of workplace violence....

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28 May, 2021

Look Who’s Talking – Tron Jordheim, Managing Partner of Self Storage Strategies and the Host fo the Self Storage Hawai’i unConference

Thirteen years ago, during the tail-end of the Great Recession, the self-storage industry was doing its best to weather the economic storm that...

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20 May, 2021

Cybercrime 101: Identifying And Combatting Cyber Risks

The amazing power and flexibility that information technology brings to the marketplace and to people’s lives come with some caveats. One of them is...

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20 May, 2021

Five Keys To Unlocking The Power Of Solar | MSM

There’s no doubt the opportunity for RV and boat storage facilities is tremendous today. The expanding demand for outdoor recreation, combined with...

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RV and Boat Storage

11 May, 2021

RV & Boat Storage: Understanding The Industry

In days gone by, if you owned an RV or boat you would typically park it in your driveway or your backyard. Today, however, thanks to strict HOA...

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11 May, 2021

RV And Boat Storage Facility Design

In a booming economy, expendable income fuels ancillary purchases. RV sales in the past decade have resulted in a growing need to store these...

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10 May, 2021

RV & Boat Storage Due Diligence and Feasibility Studies

Before a business can work, any project has to be thoroughly studied to see if it will eventually pencil out. Experts in the RV and boat storage...

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10 May, 2021

Overcoming Environmental Challenges of RV and Boat Storage Centers

RV and boat storage centers are an attractive property ownership type within the self-storage sector. According to the Recreational Vehicle...

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4 May, 2021

Look Who’s Talking – Ramey Jackson, CEO, Janus International Group

There’s no denying that technology is here to stay. It has become a permanent part of our daily lives, and every day there are new advancements that...

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4 May, 2021

Recipe For Disaster: Extreme Weather, COVID-19, And Rising Construction Costs

Natural disasters, COVID-19, and rising construction costs are proving to be the perfect storm, frustrating owners of new self-storage facilities...

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13 Apr, 2021

Planting Storage Seeds: Grow Your Business With Grassroots Marketing

Large or small, brand new or older properties, we are all in need of a constant stream of inquiries to grow or maintain occupancy and keep rates as...

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13 Apr, 2021

Lights, Camera, Action! Video Is A Marketing Star

Video tours of real estate and resort properties have long been used in those industries to help market their products, and many are finding it can...

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8 Apr, 2021

2021 Legal Update: Managing The “New Normal”

There was a collective sigh of relief as we reached the end of 2020. Between the pandemic and a rancorous election, many were focused on hopeful...

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8 Apr, 2021

Retrain Your Brain! How to Sustain Flexible Thinking & Nimble

To survive the pandemic, companies were forced to adapt very quickly to radically new circumstances. Even large organizations, where it’s typically...

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self storage auction

29 Mar, 2021

Before The Hammer: Hits Preparing For Lien Sales And Auctions

Reality television shows such as “Storage Wars” have popularized self-storage auctions. To the average consumer, they’re full of drama, colorful...

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