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Welcome to the new SelfStorageLegal.com blog!

Over the last several years, many of you have signed up for my self-storage newsletter. My intentions were really good, but it takes a lot of time to put together a full newsletter; and I often just need to let you know about something quickly, share a short…

Categories 2011 Articles

Legal Perspective

Vehicle storage has become an exciting and often profitable additional service at many self-storage facilities and in recent years, there is an incentive to a product that generally has a longer length of stay and in outdoor storage requires little additional upkeep expense. Unfortunately, with these benefits comes…

Categories 2011 Articles

Top Legal Threats of 2011

As this article is written, it is almost the end of the year 2010, although you will be reading the article in March 2011. It is this time of the year, when many of you are taking stock of your blessings and making your New Year’s resolutions, that…

Categories 2007-10 2010 Articles

Legal Considerations of Storing Boats, RVs and Other Vehicles: A Self-Storage Operator’s Guide for Avoiding Pitfalls

The storage of boats, RVs, cars and other vehicles has become an exciting and often profitable service at many self-storage facilities, offering longer rental commitments with little additional maintenance expense. Unfortunately, with these benefits comes some burden for operators. Without careful planning, the profit center can quickly become…

Categories 2007-10 2010 Articles

Making Small Changes to the Self-Storage Rental Agreement: Legal Tips for Facility Operators

Even if you have a solid rental agreement for your self-storage operation, the verbiage can become outdated and require minor adjustments. Fortunately, you can make small changes to your agreement without making substantial modification to the landlord/tenant relationship. This article doesn’t focus on large rental-agreement changes; nor does…

Categories 2007-10 2009 Articles

Why Should I Shred Documents?

It is no secret that the economy is not in good shape. Particularly financing, including the commercial finance market, has tanked. As such, self-storage operators are finding themselves faced more and more with business occupants who go out of business. Self-storage owners are finding themselves in a position…

Categories 2007-10 2009 Articles

Dealing With the Media in an Emergency

Recently I was contacted by a self-storage facility that had a break-in, over 50 units were affected and the owner expressed concern over media coverage of this event and how it would effect their business. I realized I had never written an article for ISS about being ready…

Categories 2007-10 2009 Articles

Disposal of Your Business Records

The May Inside Self Storage Legal Learning With Jeffrey J. Greenberger webinar was on the subject of protecting your customer’s personally identifiable information. This is an important topic and if you missed the Webinar, I would encourage you to listen to the webinar on ISS website. One question…

Categories 2007-10 2009 Articles

Getting Set-up for a Lien Sale Claim

Recently I had lunch with a friend who is an insurance adjuster, whose company does a lot of self-storage claim adjustments. He told me a story of his West coast counterpart who was reporting a large number of a new type insurance claim that he has had to…