Self Storage- Gates, Chains, Locks
Friday, January 15
Just ordered our entrance gate yesterday. Will give you a run down on gate systems we use. We are in a blizzard so hey, got time. Over all our road ways are 25 foot wide. Use a 20 foot (drivable space) gate, the actual gate may be 30 foot long for offsetting weight and to stay on the rollers. You...
Self Storage- Crime Management
Tuesday, January 12
Response to a persons question on Crime management at Self Storage My Brother wrote the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare manuals for all North American Air Force and Army bases. One California Fire Season he was in charge of the overall operations. When the bridges in Minneapolis fell int...
Self Storage- Standing Seam or Screw Down Roof?
Monday, January 11
Standing Seam Roofs Our latest location we decided to do Standing Seam roofs, versus screw down. Costs a little more, but will last longer (30 to 50 years) with less leaks and need for future (15 to 25 years) checking on loose screws.Now I did not and am not giving a definitive answer on which is...
Self Storage- Bad Customers
Monday, January 11
Follow up to a contact I had. Asking hasn't it gotten worse and customers are more disrespectful. From when we started 6 years ago with 35 units at one location, to now 7 operating locations and in 5 towns with 800 units; things haven't gotten worse; we changed. Yes we run into the people your t...
Self Storage- Deal 11, No Zoning?
Sunday, January 10
Helping a Friend out, several states away, who wants to get into Self Storage. We identified a property for sale on line and did all of the financial analysis, education, and marketing study on line over three calls. The numbers all look great. Profitability, cash flow, debt repayment, down pa...
Self Storage- Cost to Build?
Saturday, January 02
Was responding to a person on Cost to build storage. Just the building and not land, roads, sundry. This is for a drive up metal building with rollup door. This is a project we are actually building now. This was contracted about 6 months ago. Steel has taken a recent increase and I was inform...