 Inside Self Storage - Inside self storage is an excellent website totally devoted to the self storage industry. With many related links to storage and very thorough archive sections.
 Self Storage Franchise - The self storage industry is one of the few remaining industries wherelocal, small operators are king. According to industry reports, the topten operators control less than 20% of the self storage market.
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Self Storage Investment. Analyze the market you wish to be in study the market demographics, determine the growth trends and patterns, population growth, income growth, retail sales, building permits, study the traffic patterns and traffic counts, perform an and a overall competition study.
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A self storage investment at the moment are very much sort after, the industry as a whole is on the up especially in europe. If you are thinking of getting into a self storage investment, one of the first things to do is to do a feasibility study. There are people around that offer different levels of specificity on a designated self storage site.
Basic Feasibility Study
As the name implies this is a basic study, which could be used to select between several potential location, or if you are not real sure whether a specific location is really worth a second look or a trip to review it.
The Study Includes:
- - Location map
- - Demographic Report
- - Demographic Radius Map
- - List of Competitors
- - Competition Map
- - Preliminary Municipal Review
This study does not include enough detail for you to invest your funds in purchasing a parcel of land or to request a loan package, but it is detailed to enable you to make that initial determination of whether to invest additional time and money into a self storage investment or let it pass. This also could be a good sales tool if you have a parcel of land that you are interested in marketing.
Upgraded Feasibility Study
This study is an excellent "last check" before escrow money goes hard on a purchase contract. It is going to give you a good look at a location without spending additional funds to develop plans and final cost budgets, operating budgets and projections. Perfect for a self storage investment.
The Study Includes:
- - Location map
- - Demographic Report
- - Demographic radius map
- - Street and Highway traffic counts
- - Competition map
- - Detailed competition survey
- - Preliminary site layout
- - General design and project scope
- - Preliminary estimate and budget
- - Preliminary Municipal review
This study is detailed enough to give you a general idea of what the project is going to look like and cost and whether you will be able to build it, but does not include exact final budgets and operating expenses necessary for presentations to financial institutions.
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Waying thing up!!
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Internal Links...
 Self Storage Auctions - Learn How You Can Make Money with Storage AuctionsYou Can Find Antiques, Collectibles and Almost Anything you can Imagine!
 Self Storage Information - More and more people today are finding it hard to manage the space they rent, own or lease and are turning to self storage information as a solution to cluttered personal and business lives.
External Links...
 Blum Management Services
- David Blum announced today the formation of a new company, BLUM MANAGEMENT SERVICE, Inc. Blum, well known in the industry, co founder and president of the Florida Self-Storage Association, Southeast regional board member for the SSA has recently left his position as Vice President of Operations for Budget Mini-Storage in Miami. David will be supplying a complete menu of services to the self-storage industry in a unique ?on-demand? format. www.blumms.com
Betco Inc.
- BETCO offers customers three major categories of products, Self-Storage buildings, Door and Hallway Systems, and SmartStorage a "no-frills" building system. This means you now have one source from which to get everything you need in self-storage. This includes components for single-story, bi-level, multi-level, conversions and climate controlled. www.betcoinc.com
S and W Group - Self Storage Services
- The S&W Group consists of industry-experienced professionals who offer self storage owners more services than anyone else in the industry. This includes financing, real estate, development and construction, site selection, feasibility studies and a wide range of property management services. www.sandwgroup.com
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Long term investments
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Premium Feasibility Study
This study will provide you with all of the information necessary to make final financial decisions and present to lending institutions.
The Study Includes:
- - Location map
- - Site report including photos
- - Demographic report in radius format
- - Demographic radius map
- - Demohraphic report in trade area format
- - Demographic trade area map
- - Street and highway traffic counts
- - List of competitors
- - Detailed competition survey including photos
- - Competition map
- - Proposed site layout
- - Proposed unit mix
- - Pre-bid detailed cost estimate
- - Preliminary municipal review
- - Economic analysis
Self storage Investments provided by S and W Group - see links provided above.
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