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New to the forum or the industry? Let us know who you are, when you got started in self-storage, your areas of expertise, etc.
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Violating terms of contracts
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If you have general questions or comments and aren’t sure where to ask/put them, start with this forum.
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All things relating to the day-to-day management of self-storage facilities: customer service, sales, taking payments, policies and procedures, site maintenance and more.
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5x10 units
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Facility promotions and advertising including special events, Yellow Pages, Internet, working with media, etc.
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Getting more commercial customers
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For owners and managers, information on interviewing, hiring, firing, incentives, salaries, etc. Also share info on training, websites, books, seminars and other learning resources.
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Team Building
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Building, developing and financing self-storage: site selection, feasibility, due diligence, zoning, design, layout, building components, loan types, lending options, rates, working with lenders, and more.
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Where to start?
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Rental agreements, lawsuits, lien sales, abandonment ... anything relating to legal issues for self-storage. Also discuss specialized insurance coverages for the business, stories of insurance claims, etc.
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Grounds for Eviction
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Software, hardware, kiosks, electronic locks, websites, crime prevention, video surveillance, gate access, alarm systems and more.
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Abus locks
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Share bizarre or interesting stories from inside the storage trenches: difficult customers, strange items stored, unusual happenings, etc.
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Mopping unit floor??
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Share your insights with readers of ISS magazine! Answer questions in this forum, and your responses might be selected to appear in an upcoming issue of our print publication.
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Property Photos
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Start a thread to survey the SST community. Similarly, respond to all polls here.
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Losing Your Cool
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I am negotiating the purchase of a small unattended self storage facility. I would like to install a smart lock that I can use to remotely lock / unlock a roll up door. I found a press release from Janus International about a securguard product that seems to be what I'm looking for. But it doesn't appear...Yesterday, 12:21 PM
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Hello everyone. We currently have one temperature controlled facility with over 400 units that has been open a little over 2 years. We have land that has two different subdivisions going in beside it that we plan to build our second location on. We want our second location to offer various types...17th July 2018, 05:20 PM
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Great article from The Storage Group on how to build and maintain a website. Does your website measure up? What changes would you like to make?17th July 2018, 03:36 PM