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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 Garrett Byrd You have to have a good networking ground game to be the hometown self-storage. If you are only using digital...

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...

By Garrett Byrd Big Welcome Aboard and Congratulations to our new Storage Authority Franchise owners. David and Jaden from California!...

by Marc Goodin, No cliffs for me, please. Many new self storage developers are planning on using an SBA loan to cut their required...

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

Virginia - Designed - Regulatory Review In Progress. Georgia 1 - Approved - Bids next Florida 1 Slated for a Feb Construction Start...

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

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