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By Ed Clement The numbers say it all: • There are more SELF-STORAGE facilities in the United States than McDonalds and Subway locations...

by Marc Goodin 1 Fewer people are looking for and buying commercial land. The number of hotels, restaurants, strip plazas, apartments,...

By Garrett Byrd I was recently commissioned by Inside Self Storage to write an article on organic and guerilla marketing for your...

by Josh Parker I used to think that if I could just make a million dollars, I'd be set for life. That I'd be able to retire early and sit...

By Ed Clement In general, real estate is a fairly stable market to invest in–but as we know, that isn’t always the case, and the risk of...

By Garrett Byrd We ask our new owners now that they have completed the discovery process and are looking for land, could they please...

By Marc Goodin We all get into self-storage for 3 reasons: Cash flow, more cash flow next year and more cash flow the year after...

By Ed Clement Sketch by Marc Goodin, CEO of Storage Authority One of the many models Storage Authority deploys is designing 60,000...

by Marc Godin Obviously, they all work for someone because they all exist. But which one works for you? The Good = $160+/month rent -...

By Garrett Byrd The Storage Authority Franchise model is all about high tech and high touch. Chat GPT is taking the nation by storm so I...

By Ed Clement We have real-life experience from working in the self-storage trenches for many years. We know what makes a good location...

By Marc Goodin. There are only two ways to fail in self-storage. #1 You do not find land or #2 you buy the wrong property. They are...

By Garrett Byrd We ask our new owners now that they have completed the discovery process and are looking for land, could they please...

By Ed Clement On the surface many people believe finding land is a matter of the right size parcel, location permitted zoning, and a good...

By Marc Goodin Eighty percent of the time you must work hard and twenty percent of the time you must work smart. One without the other...

By Garrett Byrd I recently got the pleasure to interview Nick Collins with Bank Five Nine to cover the top high-level questions regarding...

By Ed Clement Are you tired of the stock market volatility? And having little control over the market's crazy swings up and down. Maybe...

By Ed Clement There are people that would truly like to get into the self-storage business. They have done enough research to know it is...

By Garrett Byrd A Big Welcome Aboard and Congratulations to our new Storage Authority Franchise owners. Ryan and Jennifer From New...

By Garrett Byrd Interview with our newest Storage Authority Franchise owners, Wendy & Scott H. from Tennesee. We ask our new owners now...