• December 17, 2024

MSM Exclusives

MSM Exclusives

Poppy Behrens

1 Aug, 2018

Competitive Positioning

Keeping Pace With Technology To Protect Your Investment By Stan Houser Savvy self-storage operators are taking advantage of technology to gain a...

Read More

1 Aug, 2018

From Asset To Liability

What To Do When An Employee Becomes A Cybercriminal By Bryce Austin The FBI caught David Yen Lee at his home before he could depart for the airport...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Troy Bix, President of R3 Division, Janus International Group, LLC

Depending upon who you ask, the self-storage industry is approximately 50 years old. Whether the business concept began in the 1960s or the 1970s,...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Automate To Proliferate

New Technology Answers The Call For Smartphone Advances Technology of the 21st century continues to knock down the doors of self-storage facilities,...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Technology: Friend Or Foe?

What It Means To Be “Smart” In Self-Storage By Pete Frayser In decades past, the word “smart” was not a term that puzzled many people. “Smart” was...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

On The Rise

Will Self-Storage See Sky-High Construction Costs? By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell When President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on imported...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Upgrades And Updates

New Offerings In Self-Storage Software By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Computers have become such an integral part of any business that making sure the...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Sexual Harassment

Not Just In Hollywood Or In Congress Over the last few months, the country has certainly seen a significant renewed focus on the issue of sexual...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Understanding Backlinks

What are They and Why are They Important? The self-storage industry is getting more competitive every day. For most storage owners, it’s imperative...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

The Times They Are A-Changin'!

Tom Garden – Owner of Syrasoft Management Software and co-owner of Catskill Self Storage in Leeds, N.Y. A dozen years or so ago, while hiking in...

Read More

1 Jun, 2018

Altruism As An Elixir

How The Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic Is Improving Lives By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell When speaking with Ian Burnstein about the Gary...

Read More

1 May, 2018

What Does That Mean?

Understanding The Language Of Self-storage By Scott Zucker The self-storage business has been around, some would say, for over 50 years. During...

Read More

1 May, 2018

The Interest Rate Factor

Where Are Values Headed? By Dale C. Eisenman, CCIM, and Michael Morrison After a period of high transaction activity for the past few years, the...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Fable To Fact

Digging Into Industry Data By Cory Sylvester With the development cycle in its third year, the analysis required to evaluate a new or existing site...

Read More

1 May, 2018

The Amsdell Family Tree

Tracing The Roots Of Three Major Self-Storage Operations In 1928, Todd Amsdell’s distant relatives started a construction company that survived the...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Dave King - Vice President Self-Storage, Wentworth Property Company

Thanks to pent-up demand and more readily available construction financing, the self-storage industry experienced a significant uptick in ground-up...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Storage Rent Growth Is Strong

by Jeffrey W. Adler, Yardi Systems, Inc. Storage rent growth is decelerating but still trending up. Rent growth for self-storage properties...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Stop Wasting Time!

A Three-Part Strategy To Effectively Leverage Your Time By Jill J. Johnson, MBA Most people manage their time by treating each of their priorities...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Employee Retention

How To Keep Your “A” Players It’s a nightmare scenario for any business: A star employee suddenly decides to jump ship for the competition. Out the...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Underlining Elements

A Business Development Guide Over the past 15 years, many owners and operators within the self-storage industry have experienced such a rapid...

Read More

1 May, 2018

Media Ready

Establishing PR Procedures Imagine turning on your local news and seeing the maintenance man from one of your facilities giving an interview on a...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

The Four Aces To An A+ Rating

Teaching Employees To Execute Customer Service Magic By Kostya Kimlat A sale, like a great magic trick, occurs inside the customer’s mind. And it is...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

Q4 2017

Self-Storage Investor Survey By Kate Spencer and Greg Wells The survey data was collected as part of an online questionnaire that was sent to key...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

Reassessments On The Rise

Could Steep Property Tax Increases Be 2018’s Most Taxing Issue? In 2018, self-storage owners and operators should be thinking about their...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

In The Spirit Of Friendly Competition

Storage People Share Knowledge, Ideas, And Success Ken Nitzberg and Mike Burnam are the best of friends. They’ve known each other for 20 years, go...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

Helping Hands: Soaring From The Holiday Spirit

Capco Steel Partners With Salvation Army To Help “Angels” For the fortunate, Christmas is typically a time brimming with all the splendors of the...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

Marketing To Millennials

What Apple’s iPhone X Has Taught Us On Nov. 3, 2017, a new product hit the smartphone market that would change the technology landscape for the...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

The Road To Recovery

Recuperating From 2017’s Natural Disasters Hurricanes Harvey and Irma inundated the Gulf Coast region in 2017, causing billions of dollars in...

Read More

1 Apr, 2018

Is Your Website Accessible To The Blind?

After the ruling in favor of a customer in the Gil v. Winn-Dixie case (Florida District Court), the flood gates have opened against businesses,...

Read More

1 Mar, 2018

Save Or Shred?

Dealing With Annoying Business-Saving Records The IRS recently reminded every self-storage facility and business about the importance of records,...

Read More