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More often than not, professional organizers say you shouldn’t rent one. Frequently, people intend to use a storage unit for short-term support, but then forget about it, according to Betsy Fein, ...

Self-storage companies lure customers with low rates, then hit them with frequent increases, sometimes twice in a year. What ...

If you rent a storage unit, you may have noticed that your rent keeps going up. Consumers have been complaining to the I-Team about this for a few years now, saying the rent hikes are happening when ...

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 ...

The overall advertised street rate rose 0.9 percent year-over-year in September to $16.80 per square foot, according to Yardi ...

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