Storage Speak - Teri Lanza

Self-Storage Talk: A Community That Cares! Really!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PDT

We’ve boasted about the wonderful-ness of Self-Storage Talk forum on the blog pages numerous times. We’ve written about how forum members swap stories, offer each other advice and occasionally vent about customers, bosses and co-workers. Last week, forum members pulled together to help the son of a family member. SST Moderator Storman’s son plays high school football. When the team ...

The Effect of Self-Storage Concessions

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:42:12 PDT

This week the self-storage REITs released their financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009. Not surprisingly, they've reported some losses on the revenue side over the same quarter in 2008. But decreased volume is not necessarily to blame. The primary culprit may be what the operators have had to do to attract and keep business. Sovran Self ...

Crime Prevention: What Are You Doing?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:55:19 PDT

While crime has always been a threat to self-storage owners and managers, it seems the number of robberies, arsons and break-ins has been on the rise over the past year as people struggle for simple survival in today’s economy. Don’t get me wrong, there have always been plenty of baddies lurking in the shadows looking to make an easy score. ...