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Whether you are building a self storage facility from scratch or expanding an existing storage site, you can grow your business by adding mobile storage units.

There is a ton of data available to help developers make decisions about where to build regular self storage. But when it comes to boat and RV storage, there is just not the same depth of information readily available.

Tangible Property Regulations can be complicated to interpret but equally advantageous in running your business.

Engineering-based cost segregation is a tax process that enables commercial property owners to re-classify approximately 30-45% of their buildings from real property to personal property.

TALKING TO "THE MAN" Whether you are a self storage feasibility analyst or an individual researching your next project, we often need to contact local government to find out if there are any other self storage projects in the works. Because these agencies vary on a city level in both sophistication and responsiveness, this may prove to be a frustrating process. Here’s how to cut through the red tape.

We’ve long been taught the importance of creating a favorable first impression.The same rule applies to buildings, including the presumably bland self storage facility.

Everything’s bigger out West, right? From Texas-sized margaritas to California king beds, the western U.S. has always embraced a bigger-is-better attitude.

Now at 326 million, the U.S. resident population grew by 2.3 million residents (or 0.7%) from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017. However, that increase did not start a new trend. In fact, the U.S. population has grown by approximately 2.3 million residents or 0.7% in each measured time period since 2010.

Red Way Self-Storage in Redmond, Washington has a design feature that makes it unique among self-storage facilities in the U.S. But its creation came about in an unusual way. When local real estate firm, Nelson Legacy Group, decided to build a 578-unit storage facility, it discovered that the City of Redmond offered some very interesting “green” incentives.

During the course of my career, I have lived through a number of real estate cycles. I have seen the highs and lows from a number of different, unique perspectives: broker, developer, small portfolio manager and large portfolio owner just to name a few.