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Archive by author: Carlos KaslowReturn

Carlos Kaslow is a California attorney and has served as the General Counsel to the Self Storage Association. He is the editor of the Self Storage Legal Review, the SSA’s legal periodical. He is a founding partner of the Self Storage Legal Network; the industry’s only telephone legal information service. Mr. Kaslow has provided legal consulting services to several of the largest U.S. self storage operators, including Public Storage, Inc., Shurgard Storage Centers and U-Store-It. He has written numerous articles on legal and insurance issues confronting self storage for the SSA Magazine and other industry publications. He is the co-author of the Rental Agreement Handbook.

Old Laws New Technology

Carlos Kaslow posted on 5/23/2024 4:19:00 PM

The utilization of old laws to challenge modern technological practices presents growing concerns for online businesses, including storage operators with online platforms.

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The Unsigned Contract

Carlos Kaslow posted on 12/20/2023 11:44:00 AM

What is the effect of an unsigned rental agreement? In a nutshell, a judge won’t enforce the paragraph you hoped would win your lawsuit and will instead declare that very provision unenforceable.

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Should You be Doing Online Auctions?

Carlos Kaslow posted on 9/27/2023 2:21:00 PM

It is certainly something to think about if you are not doing your auctions online. The primary value of online auctions is flexibility.

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Robo Marketing

Carlos Kaslow posted on 6/28/2023 12:05:00 PM

Self storage operators considering using automated calls or texts to market their facility should be careful when choosing a service provider. Your company may be strictly liable for your service provider’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations.

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I Had to Pay My Bail Bondsman

Carlos Kaslow posted on 7/9/2018 9:56:00 AM

Self storage tenants have many reasons for not paying their rent and storage operators are often sympathetic to their circumstances.

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California Supreme Court Rules Protection Plan Is Not Insurance

Carlos Kaslow posted on 4/30/2018 10:19:00 AM

The California Supreme Court last week unanimously ruled that a protection plan is not insurance. The decision ended five years of litigation against A-1 Self Storage.

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The Tenant Rental Dilemma

Carlos Kaslow posted on 4/17/2018 11:13:00 AM

The self storage industry has been a take-all-comers business since its inception. Self Storage operators do not typically run credit checks on their customers before renting a space and require minimum identification.

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Is That Your Best Effort?

Carlos Kaslow posted on 1/29/2018 4:21:00 PM

Contracts of all varieties place an obligation on one or both parties to use their “best effort” or “commercially reasonable efforts” or some variation on the efforts theme to accomplish the goals of the contract.

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Storage Operators Need To Prepare for New Florida Real Estate Tax

Carlos Kaslow posted on 11/30/2017 2:50:00 PM

The Florida real estate sales tax is going down, and storage operators will have some work to do before it goes into effect on January 1, 2018.

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The First Self Storage Lawsuit

Carlos Kaslow posted on 10/10/2017 4:25:00 PM

There has been a long-standing debate within the self storage industry about when the first self storage facilities were built. The general census is that the first self storage facilities were built in the southwest in the mid-1960's.

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The Self Storage Association (SSA) is a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization formed in 1975 under Section 501-c-6 of the Internal Revenue Code. For over 40 years, the Association has served as the official trade organization and voice of the U.S. and international self storage industry.