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Location, Location, Location. This is the single most crucial factor in the success of a self storage business. The majority of your rentals will come from drive-by traffic. Out of the way locations typically struggle to get customers compared to main street locations. The best properties are on a main road with an average daily traffic volume of at least 10,000 vehicles per day with a preferred average daily traffic volume of 20,000 plus vehicles per day or greater. These ar

Chapter 3 Start Today! Thirteen things you can to do this week to get off to a fast start. Do a personal review to make sure you have sufficient time, energy and money to get off to a great start. After you read this book you will have a much better idea of the time, money and work it takes to build a self storage. Join your local State Self Storage Association and attend meetings. Subscribe to one or two Self Storage trade magazines: www.insideselfstorage.com or www.ministor