Nothing exciting in the past month usually means we're overdue.
A suspicious bucket was noticed in one of the aisles yesterday. After going to check it out, our resident manager discovered it was loaded with human feces and toilet paper. Of course the camera in that aisle wasn't working...
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by LoisGSo I had a customer call & tell me that someone broke into his storage unit with the specific time of 1/2 @ 5:48 pm to 1/5 @ 7:00 pm.
He never comes on the property but this one instance he was here he was broken into.
He said they cut the lock.
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I have a 5 acre storage lot for Semi Trucks and large RVs.
I have WIFI and electric within 10 feet of the gate. I have not bought a gate, but thinking a slide gate, I have the room for that.
They rent daily, weekly, monthly. Pay in advance.
I want a sign on gate...-
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