I have a new word to add to my list, that many of you have heard, of words to abolish from your self-storage vocabulary (see ISS 1/2/2007). That word is “free”. I see the word free all of the time in relation to self-storage. You may have read…

This one has been bothering me ever since the Question and Answer Session at the ISS Expo at the Venetian in Las Vegas in February of this year. I just had to write about it this month. A question was asked at the Session about using the facility…

The April, 2007 Legal Learning with Jeffrey Greenberger Webinar raised one question so much, that it seemed to create a topic for this column. Our Webinar topic of the month was late fees. The crux of the discussion was that a late fee is, by definition, a liquidated…

When was the last time you reviewed your lease? For a surprising number of operators, the answer is too long ago. I had a client recently who had not reviewed his lease since 1979! An outdated lease can be devastating to your business in an age in which…

Many self storage owners and operators have fallen in love with an unexpected source of revenue at their self storage facilities. Namely a cell tower and once a cell tower is up and running on your property it is a lot like found money. Assuming you can get…

I was recently asked a terrific series of questions by an area manager of self-storage facilities in Minnesota. Specifically, an occupant was sold for non-payment and after the property was sold the occupant claimed that he had not received the proper notices as required by statute to the…

Boat, RV or Vehicle (collectively “vehicle”) storage is a different kind of business compared to the traditional self-storage, particularly when the vehicle will be stored anywhere except in a separate, enclosed storage unit, the business model is quite different. Whether you are renting storage in a lot, a…