Category Archives: Self Storage

Self-storage can be a lucrative investment, but buying a business isn’t a simple process. It requires a hefty initial investment, which makes the ability to accurately value a property essential. Here are some factors to understanding and calcula…

We may be in the Digital Age, but traditional marketing methods are still extremely valuable to self-storage operators. Here are seven of the best non-digital ways to market your facility.

Packing expert Barry shows how to properly box up books for safekeeping in a self-storage unit in this short video from Humboldt Storage & Moving. The practical method is easy to follow and demonstrates how to keep items safe during a move.

There’s no better place to learn about starting or growing a self-storage business than the ISS World Expo! Join us and more than 3,700 like-minded professionals April 10-13 in Vegas.

Self-storage managers often have to deal with unhappy tenants as part of the job, and it’s never easy. Follow these seven customer-service techniques to smooth things over and build a better relationship with tenants.

Metro Storage LLC, which operates more than 120 self-storage properties in 12 states, has purchased a former manufacturing facility in Wood Ridge, N.J., that it plans to demolish to make way for a new Metro Self Storage facility. Slated to open in late…

S-5!, a supplier of roof accessories for self-storage and other industries, has hired Frank Hogan in the newly created position of business development director. Hogan will focus on deepening relationships with the company’s original equipment-ma…

In the tradition of annual year-end lists and rankings, here is a look at the hottest-selling products this year in the ISS Store. The list reflects the heavy development and investment activity that continues to propel the self-storage industry and pr…

Despite tighter requirements on exterior building materials, self-storage development is on the rise in Plano, Texas, with six facilities recently opened or under construction. Projects include three by developer Ron Valk for self-storage real estate i…

Metro Storage LLC, a Taylor, Mich.-based self-storage operator with three facilities, intends to build a 95,000-square-foot facility on East Michigan Avenue in Wayne, Mich. The city council favors the project and recently approved an agreement that wou…