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Breaking News : New Self Storage Press Release

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It’s official: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has approved of the lien amendments for which the California Self Storage Association (in conjunction with the Self Storage Association [SSA]) has fought.  All of a sudden, it’s going to be a lot easier for California’s 3,890 self storage facilities to settle the lien disputes they occasionally have with their tenants.  For the self storage facilities, this means that lien notices can now be mailed with simple, cheap certificates of mailing, and that legal disputes pertaining to liens can now be settle in small claims court.  All in all, California’s self storage industry is going to save about $10 million in the coming year—quite a hefty sum, if you ask this author.

But where, exactly, does this leave consumers—those who, for a variety of reasons, fall behind on their rent?  To answer this question simply, you might say that rent payments—timely rent payments, mind you—are becoming all the more important.  Tenants can no longer rely on high attorney fees and months of wasted time (hence, wasted potential rent money) to escape from their debts.

Really, though, there’s no reason for prospective self storage tenants to worry about having liens exercised on their property—not if they’re willing to do a little bit of prep work before they sign their rental agreements.  Collected, here, are a few bits of advice regarding how you, the consumer, might save some extra money (an emergency fund, if you will) before you agree to a self storage lease.

Be sure that you’re signing up for a month-to-month rental.  Unless you have the money up-front, then you’re not going to want to lock yourself into any sort of long-term contract.  Particularly when you’ve just lost your home or your job, you can never be sure when your monthly budget is going to take at turn for the worse.  By restricting yourself to month-to-month leases, you can be sure that you are never going to fall behind by multiple months at a time.  If you know that you are not going to be able to make next month’s payment, simply gather your belongings and move out of your unit on time.  Surely, you’ll be able to find other accommodations if you put your mind to it.

Consider having a garage sale before you rent your self storage unit.  When you sell the belongings that you don’t really need to keep, you’re simply raising some extra cash for your self storage rental.  Of course, it bears mentioning that selling your belongings means that you’re going to have a lot less to store in the first place.  You’ll be able to rent a smaller unit for the belongings that you really need to keep, thereby cutting your monthly payments down to something a bit more manageable.

Shop around and pay attention to moving specials.  If you’re not writing down the special offers that come your way, you’re throwing your money away.  You don’t have to settle with the first facility that offers you a decent special, though.  Continue calling around and get a firm grip on where the best deals are to be had.  By the end of the day, you’ll know where to spend your hard-earned money.

With California’s self storage community set to save such a vast amount of money from these lien amendments, you should certainly be able to find a facility that’s willing to work within your budget.

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If you are trying to figure out how to conduct your household move by yourself, then there are some strategies that you are going to want to know about.  I mean, moving your home by yourself can be quite a challenge if you do not go about your business correctly.  You risk breaking your belongings and stressing yourself out if you do not do things correctly, so you might as well put some time into researching your methods before you commit to them.  Of course, my article aims to provide you with some tips in these regards.  If you must, take some notes as you make your way through it.

First and foremost, reader, you are going to have to be sure that you have a dolly or a moving cart of some sort.  If you do not own one, then you need to call around to equipment rental companies and get your hands on one.  The dolly is an infinitely useful tool when it comes to moving by your lonesome.  It is going to make it possible for you to lift and move heavy, bulky, otherwise cumbersome equipment and furniture, and it will help you do so without putting too much strain on your back.  You risk a lot less injury when you approach the job with the proper tools, reader.

Secondly, you need to be sure that you are calling in some extra help.  I know that this is an article about moving alone, so I am going to assume that you do not have any friends who are willing to help you out with the heavy lifting.  If this is, in fact, the case, then you are going to have to be sure that you contact some of your local moving companies.  A moving company is going to be able to show up at your house and help you with some, if not all, of your heavy lifting.  When the dolly does not cut it, or if some of your objects simply will not fit on your dolly, you have to be sure that you are calling in some extra help.  If you cannot afford a full on moving service, then you may consider checking around at your local college.  While this may seem a bit odd at first, you are going to find that there are plenty of college students who are ready and willing to earn a few bucks by moving some of your furniture.  I did this when I was in college, so I can say with confidence that you are not going to have much trouble finding student movers.  Just be sure that you have them sign an injury waiver, and that you get said waiver notarized.  The last thing that you are going to want to deal with is a lawsuit, after all.

Finally, reader, you are going to have to be sure that you keep all of your boxes labeled.  It is a huge pain in the neck when you show up at your new house, ready to unpack, and you cannot find anything that you need.  By exercising a bit of proactive thinking, you can guarantee that you are not going to run into any serious problems, here.

And there you have it, reader.  Some great tips on how to move your belongings by your lonesome.

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So, are you thinking about buying your very first self storage unit?  If you are, then genuine congratulations are in order.  I mean, you are on the way to making your home a much cleaner, simpler place.  Of course, there are some things that you can do to truly maximize the amount of space that you have rented for yourself.  If you are interested in making sure that you are getting the most for your money, then you are going to follow the advice of this article to the proverbial T.

First and foremost, reader, you are going to have to be sure that you are installing some shelves in your brand new self storage unit.  When you do not install shelves in your unit, you are surrendering just about all of your vertical square footage.  Sure, you can stack some of your belongings, but if you are not super careful when you are doing this, you can end up doing some serious damage to your belongings.  By installing shelves, you guarantee that you are not going to have to worry about damaging your belongings.  You can keep all of your small belongings on your shelves, maximizing your use of vertical space.  This, too, is going to keep your main floor space open for your larger items, so you are not going to have to worry about stacking anything.  Of course, you are most likely going to be able to get away with renting a smaller space when you make use of your vertical room, which means that you are going to save even more money at the end of the day.

Once you have installed shelves in your unit, you are going to want to be sure that you are packing your items efficiently.  Here, you are going to want to be sure that you are using uniformly sized boxes if and when it is possible.  When your boxes are all of a uniform size, you can rest assured that you are going to be able to stack them without much of a problem.  You may not think so at first, but once you start stacking your uniformly sized boxes, you are going to thank yourself vigorously for spending the extra money to get them.

Finally, reader, you are going to have to be sure that you are doing what you can to pack your belongings well.  If you are going to get the most out of your self storage unit, then you are going to make sure that none of your belongings break while they are inside of it.  This is going to mean that you are going to have to pack your belongings with packing paper and bubble wrap.  If you know for a fact that some of your belongings are temperature sensitive, then you are going to want to be sure that you pay a few extra dollars for some climate controlled self storage, too.  I mean, sure, your bills are going to be slightly higher, but that is hardly going to seem like a problem when you think about the safety of your unit.  Simply put, you are going to be happy with yourself for spending the extra money.

At the end of the day, you are going to be very happy that you followed the advice of an industry insider.  Very happy, indeed.

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