Client Testimony

Ellis Self Storage

Ellis Self Storage: “Our self storage business had reached a plateau of 75% occupancy and despite our best efforts we were unable to increase occupancy levels. After many months of failing to increase occupancy levels we decided to give Self StorageWorks a try. Within four months of activating our program we reached our goal of 95% occupancy—two months ahead of schedule! Self StorageWorks’ innovative marketing, management and operational solutions completely transformed our business and we can’t recommend their services highly enough!”
Ralph Ogden, Owner, Ellis Self Storage

The Value of Rent Increases

The Value of Rent Increases
Why owners, manager and customers benefit
by Greg Call

Self-storage managers and management teams generally hate rent increases. This is for several reasons: 1) They don’t have a plan to handle the increase; 2) They don’t want to deal with the unpleasantness of displeased customers; and 3) they don’t believe they benefit. But the lifeblood of a storage business is its revenue stream. Expenses evolve year after year. If an operator fails to outpace operating costs with income, his facility falls behind financially. Read More...

 
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