Boosting Revenue with Moving Truck Rentals – Part 2

Self Storage Professional

In our previous article, we touched on the benefits of having moving truck rentals available at your facility. Let’s continue the discussion and cover a few more points that should be considered in making such a big decision. The financial health of your business really needs to be your top priority when you are trying […]

Vinyl is Alive! – How to Help Your Customer Store it Properly

Storage Units

I was walking down the aisle in Walmart the other day when a display caught my eye. It was an entire shelf FULL of vinyl albums! I haven’t seen those in stores in so long I can’t even give you an approximation. That made me curious so I did some “Googling” and came up with […]

Self Storage Is A Perfect Investment – Recap

Self Storage Investing - Scott Meyers

We have taken the past 10 blogs to discuss various reasons why investing in self storage is such an incredible investment sector. Let’s take this final article in the series to recap what we learned. Penny #1 – “No trash, no toilets” – This, I think, is one of my favorite points! With self storage , […]

Endless Growth- From Household Storage to Boats and Rvs – Penny #4

Commercial Real Estate Investing

Welcome to the fourth “penny” of why self-storage investing is a “dime”. You want to make sure that you are prepared in knowing what kind of storage you want to have. Do you want to specialize in one kind? Or would you like to appeal to the masses and be a jack of all trades? […]

Use Social Media to your Advantage

Self Storage Investing - Business

Did you know that 69% of American adults use at least one form of social media regularly? As the internet continues to dominate, it is important for you, as a business owner to follow suit when it comes to your marketing. Want to know the best thing about using social media as a marketing platform? […]

Can “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” boosting your storage unit rental occupancy?

Self Storage Investing

By now most people are familiar with Marie Kondo and her fantastic home organization skills. This mini series on Netflix has changed the way people are cleaning, organizing, and decluttering their homes! Marie Kondo’s inspiring tips are inspiring thousands. But what is the key to her organizing? She encourages people to stop clinging to things […]

Ask Scott: “On Demand Storage”

Commercial Real Estate Investing

“Curious if you have researched this new business model of “On Demand Storage”?  I noticed UHaul appears to be going “all in” on the U-Box.  In Texas we have seen Call Box Storage open up in DFW, Austin, and Houston.  There are several others that appear to be off and running – Makespace, Stash Storage, […]