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On October 18 Ann Parham hosted a roundtable discussion at the 2017 Annual Conference Reinvented hosted by the Texas Self Storage Association. This peer-to-peer discussion was titled, “It’s the Little...

Why it’s Time to Invest in the Self Storage Industry

Believe it or not, one of the best investment opportunities over the past couple of years have come from outside the typical real estate property, apartment complex, or high rise...

How to Determine the Feasibility of any Market for Self Storage

Many steps are taken to determine the feasibility of investing in and/or building a self storage facility in any particular market. Between learning from prior investor’s mistakes and targeting the...

Ann Parham Speaks to TSSA on ‘Best Practices for Small to Medium Operators’

CEO Ann Parham of Learn Self Storage recently spoke at the Texas Self Storage Association‘s luncheon on the best practices for small to medium operators. During this meeting, Ann Parham...

Tips on Self Storage Financing

Self storage businesses are a hot commodity right now, and they are the dream of any new-age industrialist. They seem like an attainable business to run and maintain, but just...

Self Storage Design Trends

The world of self storage is always changing. To keep up, the design of your facility needs to follow the current trends of self storage design or maybe even stay...

Parham Expert Gives Behind-The-Scenes Advice in April Mini Storage Messenger

Not enough people look into due diligence, says David Rochefort, Vice President of Noah’s Ark Development in the April 2016 edition of the Mini Storage Messenger. In the article “No...

How to Find and Train a Self Storage Manager

So imagine you own a self storage facility. In other words, imagine you’re living the American dream of starting your own business, because you are. But not every dream is...

Who Are Self Storage Professionals?

In our developing society, people have more need than ever for storage space. Simply put, people have a lot more stuff than their houses can hold. So storage units have...

Noah’s Ark Self Storage Named 2015 Overall Facility of the Year

When the late Mike Parham first approached Buda and Cabela’s about the idea of a self storage facility on the parcel of land off I-35 owned by the sports and...