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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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...
The self-storage asset class is now generally considered CORE or CORE+ commercial real estate, comparable to office, industrial, retail, and...
Heading into the fourth quarter, it’s safe to say that 2021 has been a fairly profitable year for the self-storage industry. Rental rates at...
Since its founding in 1974, MiniCo Insurance Agency has focused on providing specialty insurance solutions for the self-storage industry. But the...
During the economic downturn in 2008-09, the self-storage industry appeared to be in a “race to the bottom” in offering big discounts and...
As the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, CBRE Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los...
The problem with the tried-and-true dot-com domain is that most of the good names are taken. In addition, anybody can take a dot-com name that...
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Lawton, Okla.-based Canon Storage Systems, Inc., is a second-generation family-owned business with humble beginnings. The turn-key building supplier...
SkyView Advisors (formerly BayView Advisors) may appear to be the new kid on the block in the self-storage arena, however, further inspection...
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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The employee’s request had a certain degree of logic. He had just received a prescription for medical marijuana from a naturopathic physician. Could...
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...
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...
The dictionary defines data as “facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.” In this digital world, in which facts and...
The question of whether an employer can restrict their employees from bringing guns into the workplace has continued to be a challenging issue...
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One of the bigger issues facing both companies and their customers (and even potential customers) today is the collection, retention, and possible...
When they initially invested in self-storage facilities in 2014, Stein Investment Group found it easy and manageable to monitor and update rates for...
Following the stoppage of virtually all construction during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous projects came off the drawing...
By David Lucas As a self-storage owner or member of an independent group that owns and operates storage, you know it’s getting harder to compete. In...
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By David Lucas The competition from name-brand storage facilities is a major obstacle to any storage business, but especially for smaller operators....
Adding Curb Appeal, Value, And Competitive Advantages To Aging Facilities Owner/Operators on R3 “We added $1,437/unit straight to the bottom line...
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