Mini Storage Outlet is Your 1 Stop Shop for Self Storage Building Kits

Mini Storage Outlet, founded in 1976, has over 30 years experience in the self storage building industry. Our steel mini storage buildings are manufactured through Regency Storage Systems. Our professional architects offer a variety of floor plans for prefabricated custom storage buildings designed on a per project basis to fit your individual needs.

Steel Building Specialists are here to assist you from the beginning of your concept to the completion of your mini storage unit venture. Our experienced steel building architects offer blueprints conformed to fit to your local building codes and they are engineer certified. They provide customized floor plans to fit your steel building designs or popular plans already drawn up readily available to view on our website for your ease and convenience. The simplicity of our prefabricated commercial storage building designs provide simple, fast construction to our customers with a savings of up to 40% by cutting out other middlemen. This great value allows our customer a quicker payback time on their commercial storage building investment.

Your investment in the self storage industry is of value not only to the individual looking for additional storage space of unwanted clutter in their home, but it also appeals to other business owners for storage of overstocked items allowing them space for more displays of merchandise. We are here to help design your self storage buildings and make the entire construction process as easy as possible.

Mini Storage Outlet offers online building design and price quotes to get you started on designing the perfect layout for your self storage buildings. Additional services are available to help make your commercial storage buildings a success. We offer feasibility studies, site planning, construction services, and project management. We are here to help you to succeed as an entrepreneur of your own mini storage business.

Our standard building material kits on our heavy duty steel buildings included:

• steel frame wall panels
• roof panels
• partition panels
• metal trim
• complete set of erection drawings
• hardware

Several color options are available for your personal satisfaction.
Additional storage building options available to customize your self storage buildings at additional costs including high R-value steel. We also provide live support over the phone for any problems that may arise during the installation process, and with over 40 shipping locations we are able to ship anywhere in the United States.

Call Us for more information 1-800-486-8415
Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm MT.

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Tips on Getting Started in the Self Storage Business

The mini-storage business involves more than simply renting out storage units. There are basic legal, construction & other matters to be considered & understood before you put up your mini storage buildings or buy some storage units and rent them out.

It is recommended that you seek the advice of others that have been successful in the mini storage business industry. Their experience can help you avoid costly mistakes during the start up process.

Get to know your market
Knowing the demographics of your market is important as it will help you determine if there is enough potential business to accommodate another self-storage company in your area. This will help you to determine how big your company needs to be in order to be profitable. Set up shop in an area where demographics will produce business for you, such as near apartment complexes, airports, or in college towns or areas with a lot of traffic.

Create a business plan
Opening a mini self storage company will likely involve some up-front capital to get started. $100,000 or more is not uncommon, especially if you’re building from the ground up. A business plan will help you realize your vision as it will detail what needs to be done and how much it will cost you. Your business plan should include how you plan to run your company such as your rates, which forms of payment you will accept, how to collect on unpaid rent and a solid accounting system.

Choosing a Mini Storage Unit
Decide what types of mini storage units you will rent. Some things in need of storage must be kept at certain temperatures. Make sure your mini storage buildings are properly insulated. Maintaining clean functional mini storage units can help prevent damaged items; this will keep your renters happy. You may can talk to a contractor about building the proper size units or order them prefabricated from a mini storage building outlet.

Know Your Rights
Know your collection rights in terms of dealing with unpaid rents. It is common for mini-storage owners to have the right to auction off items belonging to deadbeat clients. However, this needs to done according to the law. Never attempt to sell the contents of an unpaid unit until you’ve properly posted notices of public auction in the local newspaper. Contacting an attorney is, therefore, wise.

Market Awareness
Mini self storage companies get business from all walks of life, depending on what types of storage units they offer. A good way to begin marketing is to build a website, post classified ads in newspapers and contact people in your immediate area. Mini storage companies also commonly grow by word-of-mouth.

Mini Storage Outlet offers Self Storage Units in a Wide Variety of Size and Color Options. Our Experts can Help you design & Build a Mini Storage Unit Setup that will Surpass all of Your Expectations.

Give us a Call Today at (800) 486-8415
or visit us online at:
www.MiniStorageOutlet.com

Self Storage Businesses are Still Making Money!

USA Today Posted an Article recently about the Mini Storage Businesses doing well, even in the recent economic downslide.

NEW YORK — It’s a pack rat’s market. The recession hasn’t squeezed businesses that help people store stuff — yet. But as the summer peak season nears, self-storage operators are expected to offer discounts to keep their units full. “The industry is going to give concessions,” says Paul Puryear, director of real estate research for Raymond James. “They will try to lure people in and offset some movement by offering more discounts. “They’re watching the summer, when occupancy jumps 4 to 5 percentage points, to see how they’ll ride out the downturn. The $20 billion industry has held its own, but the economic carnage came after last summer. So far, “The industry has showed it’s not recession-proof, but it is recession-resistant,” says Robert Schoff, president of the Self Storage Association, who says year-to-date occupancy is down only about 5 points to 75%.

Customers who’ve yanked old couches and baby cribs from the cubes to save money have been replaced by folks who had to downsize because of home foreclosure or job loss. “The housing downturn by some accounts has actually put some businesses into self-storage,” says Puryear. “What we are trying to measure is how severe an economic downdraft it is going to take before we have people abandon their self-storage. “Americans typically spend $100 to $120 per month for an extra 100 square feet of self-storage space at the 52,000 facilities nationwide.

Americans’ love for stuff has helped the industry grow from 200 million to 2 billion square feet in the past 20 years, even as the median home size grew 10% to 1,769 square feet. “In the good economy, we had 15% of customers with discretionary income who were storing third and fourth cars with us,” says Dean Jernigan, CEO of U-Store-It. “That business is down very close to zero.”Need is driving business now. “People unfortunately still are moving down the housing ladder, Jernigan says. “They have more in the way of possessions than will fit in a smaller house, an apartment or in with parents.

“Marketing planned by three major storage operators:

•U-Store-It (YSI). A campaign including its first TV ads next month promotes a guarantee that if you find a lower price, it will beat it by 10% of the price difference, says Jernigan. “We’re being very sensitive to the economy. We understand that people are watching every dollar.”

•Public Storage (PSA). Ads promote the first month for $1 at its 2,000 sites. “Our marketing program has been pretty focused. It’s a simple uncomplicated message,” says Mark Good, senior vice president and COO. “We offer convenience and value.”

•Extra Space (EXR). People who book their space online can get a free month of storage.

By Theresa Howard, USA TODAY

 

Get in the mini storage business while it’s booming!

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