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Founder & Chief Product Officer at Storagely.
Brian Leimone
Founder & Chief Product Officer at Storagely.
How to start a self storage business, step by step: market research, site and zoning, financing, build or buy, software, your website and opening day.
How selling boxes, locks and packing supplies inside the online rental checkout works: what renters see, what to stock, and Storagely's Merch Shop, coming soon.
What a self storage kiosk does, its pros and cons, and how a mobile website with a QR code lets renters rent, pay and sign on their own phone.
What goes in a self storage business plan, plus the part most plans miss: a website plan that starts at the domain and goes live when you break ground.
What a self storage rental agreement should include: rent and fees, prohibited uses, lien rights, insurance and liability, and how renters sign it online.
The lease is the last step of an online rental, so every extra page, surprise fee and redirect before it costs signatures. Here's how to get more leases signed.