If you’ve seen Toy Story, or any variation of a moving away story made by Disney/Pixar/Nickelodeon/etc. – yes, Homeward Bound counts – then you know that inevitably, you always leave something behind when you move…
The $22 billion self-storage industry is a hidden giant among us. You probably drive past at least one storage facility on your daily commute, with or without realizing it. They’re everywhere, but you don’t notice…
by Justin Lee, SquareFoot (unaffiliated real estate startup) So you’ve signed an office lease on a new hub for your business. Tip of the cap to you, because that’s no easy feat. Hopefully you didn’t…
The U.S. green movement has been a rollercoaster of support, progress, opposition and steps backward. So what’s really going on right now? Studies have shown the growth of green initiatives, from alternative energy to sustainable…
If you’re an independent artist, you’re familiar with the difficulties of finding a place to work. Quiet, dedicated studios for artists are on the decline as properties trend toward live-work development, cooperatives, or just plain…
Happy Earth Day, friends. To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of ways to make the self-storage experience as environmentally friendly as possible. The storage industry is actually inherently greener than many others that utilize commercial buildings….
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…
Business owners these days have to have sharp instincts in order to survive the tough economy. This is no big piece of news, but the fact that some have actually taken to utilizing self-storage facilities…
This post is intended for individual self-storage owner/operators who are just starting their online marketing initiatives. If you don’t already have a website, you need to have one built. Expect to pay anywhere from $500…
That’s “AAA Self-Storage Names,” now put me in the Yellow Pages. Once upon a time there was good reason to name your company something like, “1 AAAA Storage.”
