It's probably a pretty safe bet to say that you have a desire to succeed in a home based business of your own. After all, there's a good reason why you're reading these words, right? It could be that you've already found your work from home business opportunity and now it's time for you to take action and turn that opportunity into a legitimate and profitable business.Are you feeling a little bit frustrated though? Perhaps your desire for success...more
Records storage and management is becoming a very popular ancillary service in the Self Storage Business. Many operators are discovering the benefit to their existing business of adding Records Management. Although not a new concept, it is growing in popularity as our industry looks to draw a broader customer base and generate additional revenue streams, thereby, lowering overall risk. For those of us already in the Storage Business, we...more
If you are like many people that are looking for a home business, You might be a little paralyzed by all the choices online to make money. Everybody under the sun has the best opportunity and the biggest secret to make you a million dollars overnight.So you are probably asking yourself, how am I going to pick one?Well let me tell you the secret of success,In the words of J.F Straw, a man who has been in business online and offline for over 50 years says,Sorry...but there is NO secret to success. That's the problem!He continues to say,"Most people who say they want to succeed, go around all their life looking for some secret that people like me are sure to know. They just know that if they ever learn that secret they will be successful, too. It is not going to happen because there is not any secret.All they need to do is start doing something. That's all it takes. Once they start really doing something, other than searching for the secret to success, whatever they are doing will expand and grow into the success for which they could not find the secret.That is it in a nutshell. You just need do something, AND KEEP ON DOING IT!Now it does matter a little bit about what that something...more
To compete in todays economic environment, many self-storage operators are turning to technology to lure customers to their facilities and provide superior service once they sign on the dotted line. Industry studies show the increasing usage of technology in facilities of all ages. Self-storage operators are employing the Internet for marketing,...more
A loft bunk bed is technically defined as a bunk bed in which the top of the mattress is more than three feet from the floor. As such, virtually all bunk beds are actually loft bunk beds under this definition. In use, however, loft bunk beds often have simply one twin bed on top with nothing underneath. In addition, they are typically more self...more
Theyre often called recession-proof steady investments that are inexpensive and easy to maintain with consistent profit margins. Not to mention, theyre one area of real estate that seems mostly unaffected, if not helped, by current rough market conditions. Theyre storage units and people always need them. And all across the country, with a growing population that provides a constant supply of people in transit and in need of storage, theyre shooting up everywhere. Storage facilities require relatively low building and management costs.Storage facility operators are capitalizing on a constant of modern culture: Americans own a lot of stuff. According to the Self Storage Association (SSA), self storage has been the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. commercial real estate market for the last 30 years, growing into a $220 billion industry. The rate of growth, however, has slowed somewhat over the past two years. A slow housing market can actually help storage facilities, according to industry analysts and local facility operators. As the housing market slumps, people downsize their house sizes and some are even foreclosed upon. People like to hold on to their possessions, and with...more
Most U.S. businesses including Self Storage owners continue to market to the powerful Baby Boomer generation, but generations X and Y should not be ignored. As the Baby Boomers near retirement, Generation X workers are establishing themselves in...more
Records storage management has come a long way and much has changed in the business. Since its inception back in 1948, when Emmet J. Leahy opened Business Archives Center, the worlds first commercial record center, the industry has experienced...more
Author: Sam Stein Private label manufacturing of cleaning products, toiletries and cosmetics is a growing and highly profitable industry. Many businesses - from hair and beauty salons to cleaning companies, supermarkets and many more - are beginning...more
Like all other real estate investments, self storage shares the same attractive qualities as residential rentals, apartments, retail strip centers, office buildings, and industrial properties. Those include leverage (borrowed money), tax advantages,...more
The central focus of my company, www.SelfStorageInvesting.com, is to arm the self-storage investor with the specific tools necessary to identify potential acquisition candidates, to acquire and manage those facilities once they have identified them,...more
As we look to the future of self storage, its very clear that the future looks bright. There are a few trends afoot backed by solid industry data that justify positive outlook on this high growth industry. These trends are as follows:Increasing...more