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How to Invest in Self Storage Real Estate

Kerry Curry/November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 /Leave a comment

  Self-storage may not have the glamour of high-rise office buildings, luxury hotels or urban apartment lofts, but it should be a strong contender for an individual’s investment portfolio — whether that’s in the form…

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Business, Startup Life

To Sell or Not To Sell Your Work Stuff?

Alexander Harris/October 5, 2020September 30, 2020 /Leave a comment

With your dress clothes and leather valise collecting dust you might be wondering if you need them at all. Should you sell or store away your work stuff? That’s the question for current remote workers….

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Business

Can You Use Storage Units As Workspaces?

Tony Emerson/July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 /4 Comments

Everyone knows that people aren’t allowed to live in self storage units— and if you didn’t already know that, you do now. But does the same necessarily go for using your self-storage rental as a workspace?…

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Business, Facility Product, Tech

Finding the Best Self-Storage Management Software For Your Facility

Alexander Harris/May 14, 2019 /Leave a comment

So you’ve bought or developed a self-storage facility. Now what? Managing a self-storage business isn’t necessarily rocket science. After all it isn’t unheard of for some old school self-storage facilities to keep tabs on their…

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Everything You Need to Know About How to Start a Self-Storage Business

John Egan/March 25, 2019May 14, 2019 /Leave a comment

From Alaska to Alabama, roughly 50,000 self-storage facilities are scattered around the country. That’s about the same number of McDonald’s, Starbucks and Subway locations across the U.S. combined. These facilities are the foundation of the U.S….

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Business, Storage Tips + Uses

What You Need To Know About Business Storage

SpareFoot/December 17, 2018October 18, 2019 /Leave a comment

Article by Kayleigh Alexandra Assuming you’re in the thrilling early stages of setting up a business, then what specifically you need to know about business storage depends on the exact nature of your operation. Are…

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Business

Can You Write Off the Cost of a Storage Unit For Your Business?

Cathie Ericson/June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 /Leave a comment

Self-storage units are the best for small business owners, aren’t they? They come in handy to hold a wide variety of necessities, such as extra inventory, materials used to create your product, excess office supplies, parts…

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Business, Meet The SpareFeet, Organization, Tech

Who Are The Women of SpareFoot?

Liz Elizondo/June 1, 2018March 9, 2020 /Leave a comment

Inspired by a desire to create opportunities for women to expand their skill sets, SpareFoot employees Leslie Hall and Megan Oertel co-founded the Women of SpareFoot (WoS) organization in August 2016, with the mission to…

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5 Things You Need to Stash Away Before Renting Your Space on Airbnb

Allie Johnson/April 3, 2018April 2, 2018 /Leave a comment

You want to list your home or room on Airbnb, but your place is packed. Don’t worry — stashing some stuff in storage will allow you to host with ease. Deciding what to store is…

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Business, Storage Tips + Uses

Entrepreneurs Rely on Storage to Grow Their Businesses

Kerry Curry/September 18, 2013March 9, 2020 /4 Comments

Entrepreneur Cheri Garcia invented a tanning bed that floats and was keeping her inventory of about 1,000 beds in a spare bedroom. But as her company grew and a major pool supply company agreed to carry…

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