For those of you who are new to the storage auction arena, there are things you need to know in order to be prepared for your next storage unit auction. These are just a few tips that could save you time & money and help you avoid a great...
Should Children Be Allowed To Attend Storage Auctions?
As storage auctions gain in popularity, they begin to draw a wider audience than its usual clientele. Auctions are more crowded...
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Online Storage Auctions Spark a Technological Revolution
For years, the storage auction business operated in much the same way: A storage unit would go into default, the property manager...
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Using Storage Auctions to Furnish Your Home For Next to Nothing
When most people consider the storage auction industry, they're approaching it as a way to make money by reselling the items...
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Are Storage Facilities Resisting the Status Quo?
Across the country, storage auctions are finally starting to settle down after the Storage Wars craze. Most of the newcomers...
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Storage Wars: Canada
Despite the controversy surrounding Storage Wars and Dave Hester's allegations against it, the show continues to be the most...
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Discretionary income is the amount of money a person has leftover after all essential items like housing, taxes, food & utility bills have been paid. For many people, discretionary income is used to purchase non-essential or luxury items...
In the past, storage facilities rarely ever recovered their lost rent & fees from the sale of a delinquent tenant's unit. Nowadays, this is not the case. Storage auctioneers, however, have always made a good living off these sales...
In my opinion, paying for a course to learn about storage auctions is unnecessary. Our storage auction blog is completely free and available to the public. You can rest assured that the information you receive on this blog will be objective...
Lately, I have noticed that around 15% of storage facilities in our area don't have storage auctions at all. Although some facilities claim to have a perfect payment history and that they haven't had to have an auction in years, one has to...
Due to to the popularity of the storage auction reality shows “Storage Wars” and “Auction Hunters,” new buyers have been flocking to storage unit auctions across the country. Some amazing treasures are found in the storage units on...
Bidding on a storage unit is not always as easy as it appears to be. The once simple task of purchasing a storage unit at good price has become a war of the mind. I wrote this article to help you understand the psychology behind the tactics...
One of my favorite new shows is History Channel's American Restoration featuring Rick Dale, who regularly appeared on Pawn Stars. Rick Dale takes rusty, beat-up items and restores them to their original glory. The show is quite entertaining and...
The storage auction business has changed, it is not what it used to be. You can thank the cast of Storage Wars and Auction Hunters for making our business what it is today. With lots of new competition and storage units selling for record...
For those of you who plan on attending storage auctions on a regular basis, it is important to know as much as possible about your competition. There are several types of buyers you will run into at storage auctions. Although there are usually...