RELO Roundtable…a gathering place

There has been much debate recently, on whether or not business lead aggregators have a place in the self-storage industry. Being a historically outdated industry, most people don’t see the benefit of signing up for these types of services, stating that they destroy property value, dilute your brand, and in the end only have value [...]

Surprise! Movers and self storage operators have something in commonTalk about coincidence! The same day that RELO Roundtable posted an article about a new search tool that helps relocating customers, corporate clients find the best movers, John Carlisle, the Community Manager for Self-Storage Talk (SST), asked his 4800 members if they thought business lead aggregators [...]

by Ray Wilson as published at Inside Self Storage The current state of the U.S. self-storage industry reflects the continued economic uncertainty of the overall economy. Self-storage is in slow but steady recovery, and it appears it will be one of the first, if not the first, real estate sectors to pull through. This article [...]

  InsideSelfStorage.com, a well researched, information packed online resource for self-storage professionals, has a new look. The redesign offers several new options, including: “Editor's Picks" Centralized location for current news, blogs, articles and education resources Topic specific newsletter selections. Social media networking tools. Busy visitors on-the-go can stay updated with ISS's new mobile version or [...]

  I've been a lurker at Self Storage Talk (SST) for some time. SST is a three year old experiment hosted by magazine publisher Virgo Publishing, LLC, that's developed into a very, VERY active and vibrant online community that caters to the needs of self-storage professionals everywhere – regardless of brand affiliation, job responsibility, industry [...]

  Over 1,800 mortgage bankers and lenders attended the Mortgage Bankers Association CREF Convention and Expo this week in Las Vegas. While discussion at the conference focused mostly on financing of multifamily dwellings, lenders also discussed the business climate for other types of commercial lending. Most commercial lenders were looking for stable, fully-leased properties from [...]

  Inside Self Storage (ISS) is part of an Arizona news franchise that produces a monthly magazine, bi-annual tradeshows, e-newsletter, webinars, an industry forum, and education programs for the self-storage industry. Each November, ISS publishes a “one-of-a-kind encyclopedia for everything self-storage”. The 2010 Factbook has been released for and can be ordered at the ISS [...]

  To combat the wave of consumer and corporate belt-tightening, members of the traditional full-service relocation industry continue to scramble to take advantage of the growing interest in do-it-yourself (DIY) moving and storage options . And now there’s a new kid on the block. Covan World-Wide Moving, Inc., one the Southeast’s largest privately held full [...]

  Yesterday I wrote about Jon MooAllem’s recent New York Times article The Self-Storage Self – Storing All the Stuff We Accumulate, that provides an excellent in-depth look at the birth and relatively short history of the self storage industry in the U.S.    I learned about this new piece from a reference that I [...]

  It’s long … it’s thorough … and it’s vintage Moo!  Jon MooAllem’s well researched article, The Self-Storage Self – Storing All the Stuff We Accumulate, provides an in-depth look at the birth and relatively short history of the self storage industry.  As usual, the off-beat freelancer does an excellent job spotlighting how America’s penchant for [...]