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By Marc Goodin There are many advantages to getting a zone change for your self-storage. The top three are: 1) The location will...

By Ed Clement Franchising is the fabric of many people's success. It has changed the lives and fortunes of many who may have never done...

Ed Clement Competition is Low: First to market and cost of land for new competitors. Staffing: Low staffing cost, highly trained and...

by Marc Goodin, Below is the Storage AuthorityDevelopment Dynamic Ease Manual in a net shell. It is hard to explain in a few words or...

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 Marc Goodin Yesterday we had our quarterly Self Storage Development video training conference. While we discussed many things the...

By Garrett Byrd Our franchise owners are privy to our proprietary Storage Authority Development Dynamic Ease Manual. It is nearly 250...

By Ed Clement Location, Location, Location! This is the single most crucial factor in the success of a self-storage business. Often half...

by Marc Goodin 1) You need to make money today, tomorrow, or even next year. It takes 2- 3 years to find land, design and obtain...

By Ed Clement Best of both worlds - on your own, but not alone. Easier entry into the business. Easier to acquire financing. Better site...

By Garrett Byrd A Big Welcome Aboard and Congratulations to our new Storage Authority Franchise owner. Chris From New Jersey! Chris owns...

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 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 Marc Goodin Storage Authority Awarded 12 new franchises in 2023. And there was a significant number who did not qualify for one of...

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

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