We are more than halfway through this unpredictable year, and plenty of reports indicate that the self-storage industry has managed to outshine...
By Erica Shatzer In March, no one could have predicted that COVID-19 would be an ongoing issue and topic of discussion in November. Even though we...
By Erica Shatzer The year is 2020, and self-storage facilities built during the development cycle before the Great Recession are either two decades...
By Rod Bolls, founder and CEO of Boxwell, LLC There are some things that are commonly considered off limits, if not crazy. Things like running 100...
By Erica Shatzer At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, self-storage construction came to an abrupt halt in numerous states across the nation. In...
By Monty Spencer, CEO, The Storage Acquisition Group A developer builds a new storage facility in a hot market, but it takes longer than expected to...
By Tim Hobin, Executive Vice President – Real Estate, The William Warren Group, Inc. As I write this, we’re finalizing the books on another stellar...
By Andy Kelly, Principal and Broker of A B Kelly Realty, LLC (Self Storage and Commercial Property Management) and Principal of Sierra Self Storage...
By John H. Gilliland, president and CEO of Investment Real Estate, LLC Remember where we were 10 years ago? In mid-2010, the country was in the...
By Erica Shatzer The new year has arrived, but many self-storage professionals are waiting with bated breath to see if this drawn-out development...
By Erica Shatzer Within the time it took you to reach this page in this magazine, at least one child in this world received a life-altering cancer...
Despite several years of substantial ground-up development, demand for self-storage remains strong in many markets across the United States thanks...
For the self-storage industry, 2020 was an outstanding year with an unprecedented amount of new capital entering the sector. Some of this can be...
Self-storage as we know it today has been around for more than half a century. While we’ve seen new facilities multiplying in record numbers over...
There’s a saying that “nothing is free.” In these trying times, self-storage owners are trying to find ways to save money. While there are certain...
It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, and in 1969, housing developer H. James “Jim” Knuppe was in search of an idea that would keep...
While there are indicators that the current development cycle is finally losing momentum, the effects of new supply can be far reaching and...
Technology and the internet have nearly made waiting a thing of the past. Instead of using “snail mail” for correspondence, one can simply and...
In the past, to find a self-storage unit you would: Ask some friends or family, Look it up in the phone book, or Drive around and stop at the first...
Although the current development cycle has begun to slow down, there are still plenty of investors seeking to place money into the self-storage...
Over the past several years, state self-storage associations across the country, along with the national Self Storage Association, have been...
Over my 20-plus years in the self-storage industry, I’ve heard the phrase “three mile” quite a bit. Meaning, of course, that any storage facility...
Over the last five years, as the use of technology has blossomed in the self-storage industry, more and more self-storage facilities have shifted to...
Perhaps the most frustrating call received by mangers is the person who just wants to shop your price. The call is usually abrupt; it ends without...
Over the past two years, the self-storage industry has experienced exponential growth through new supply across the country. Beyond rentable square...
Look Who’s Talking – Jen Pettigrew, Senior VP, Meetings & Vendor Relations, Self Storage Association
With a new, larger location, the MGM Grand, this year’s Self Storage Association (SSA) Fall Conference and Trade Show is expected to be bigger and...
With this issue of the Mini-Storage Messenger featuring our annual Top Operators List, there’s no better time to discuss how ownership within the...
Everyone does pricing. Some do it by intuition, others do it in a more sophisticated way. Every seller knows that you want the price to be just...
I attended a seminar last week that discussed trends in the real estate market for the self-storage industry. The discussion revolved around the...
August is sort of a bittersweet month for me. It’s the time two of my kids are getting ready to head to college and my youngest is deciding whose...
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