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Sales tax impacting self-storage?
by Mark Lusky
If your state already charges sales tax on self-storage, there may be efforts afoot to increase it. If no sales tax is currently charged in your state, be alert to possible changes.
Review credit card processing options
by Mark Lusky
What do a Philadelphia cabinetmaker and the Better Business Bureau((BBB) have in common? Advice to do your homework when it comes to finding the best and most affordable credit card processing.
If You Build It...
by Anita Huedepohl
Just last weekend, I was flipping through the channels on a Saturday evening and caught part of the now 20 plus year old film, Field Of Dreams. Few women I know (including yours truly) can resist watching Kevin Costner in action so I sat down just as that infamous line was recited…”If you build it, they will come.” It brought to mind something I have been hearing for several years now from most of my builders who have been in limbo with the projects they put their heart and souls into just before the epic market crash of 2008. Overnight, once steadfast multi-millionaires were reduced to bare bones lifestyles and instantaneously put in an upside down portfolio position requiring liquidation CPR, the likes we've never seen.
Commercial REO Realities...
by Anita Huedepohl
The climate is quickly changing in commercial real estate and the latest trend is to purchase bank repossessed property for cash at a fraction of the retail value and pull the equity out immediately to re-invest.
Bilingual kiosk speaks to many needs
by Mark Lusky
Phoenix-based OpenTech Alliance now offers a plug-and-play "bilingual office assistant" called the Insomniac 50 for self-storage companies. According to an Inside Self-Storage article, "Customers can use the wireless, interactive, touchscreen computer to rent units, make payments, buy tenant insurance, access their accounts and more...
Self-storage icon blazed your path to success
by Mark Lusky
Self-storage trailblazer Don Temple, 85, has died-but his legend and lessons will live on. Temple established Los Angeles county's first self-storage facility in 1968, and is considered one of the industry's top 50 pioneers. By reputation and report, he was known as a hardworking humanitarian who followed his passions, embraced innovation and mentored others to be successful. He never finished college, demonstrating that much entrepreneurial success resides in one's dedication and drive versus a bunch of degrees.
Corral confusion about Obamacare
by Mark Lusky
What can you do that's relatively fast, easy and reliable to get your head around what's coming in healthcare? First, go to industry sources with a vested interest in providing accurate, complete information-essentially entities whose survival hinges on it.
Small Facilities... They Hear You!
by Ken Hendrickson / Jimmy Sorenson
Management Software that fits YOUR needs! Small facilities talking about the 3 different categories of the self storage market and where you fit in.
'Green' is about more than marketing
by Mark Lusky
"Green" is both a buzzword and a way of life. However, if you're going to tap into the buzzword, practice the lifestyle as well. That way, your efforts to go green will appear authentic and ultimately earn you much more credibility than just using it as a marketing ploy.
Self-storage owners face legal uncertainties
by Mark Lusky
Just because it's seemingly lawful doesn't mean it will stand up in court. A recent report in Inside Self-Storage sums up the challenge: "Legal quandaries are among the biggest headache producers for owners and managers of self-storage facilities. Some operators simply aren't familiar with industry and state legislation; others don't understand it. Even when they are and do, the laws can change, and you can't always predict how they'll be interpreted by customers, judges and juries."
How Reflective Insulation Products Work
by Carl Kurek
Learn how reflective insulation and radiant barrier block radiant heat and improve the thermal performance of buildings
