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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. has an obsession with self-storage, with 90% of the world's storage located here. There are more self-storage ...

The self-storage industry has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in commercial real estate for the last 40 years. As of 2023, the United States has 51,206 storage facilities, offering a ...

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 ...

Renting a storage unit always seems straightforward at first: a monthly rate, a lock, and some square footage. But small business owners who rely on storage for inventory, equipment, or imported goods ...