Seven years ago I wrote about the cost of renting a storage unit, and urged people to avoid putting things in storage indefinitely. The next year, in 2018, I downsized from a single-family house to a ...

Approximately 77 percent of America’s 150 largest cities saw a decrease in average monthly storage unit rent this year compared to last year. In RentCafe’s 2023 study, a standard 10’x10’ storage unit ...

Millions are facing the challenge of escalating storage unit rents, as artist Bonnie Sales discovered when her initial $169 monthly fee soared to $285 in just a few months. This phenomenon, known as ...

If you’re moving, downsizing or just tired of tripping over too much stuff, renting a storage unit could be the answer to your space squeeze. A storage unit can be invaluable for a month or two while ...

Delivery of new storage units also is dropping. Nationally, the amount of new supply delivered over the past three years equals 8.5% of inventory. Over the last 12 months, deliveries account for just ...

Self-storage is a huge and growing industry, with nearly $32.7 billion in revenues for 2016 and estimated to grow at 3.5 percent annually through 2021. There are several ways to start such a business, ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When Whitney Martin, of Fort Worth, Texas ...

Occupancy rates and rents are at record highs, drawing investors and entrepreneurs looking for growth opportunities. By Ellen Rosen Early in the pandemic, Katharine Lau, a commercial real estate ...

Tech startups that aim to disrupt existing industries must know defining industry trends and understand where the industry is moving. For my company, that industry is self storage, composed of small ...