Fort Worth
Luncheon
February 18 @ 11:30 am
Topic:
Bring Your Questions, Ask Your Neighbors
Moderator:
April Young, Ultimate Properties
Sponsor:
Prodigy HVAC
Location:
Fortuna Italian Restaurant, 5837 Camp Bowie Blvd.
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San Antonio Luncheon
February 26 @ 11:30 am
Topic:
Revenue Management
Speakers:
Mike Gately, Trusted Self Storage Professionals; Cassie Dodgen, Pinnacle Storage Properties
Sponsor:
A-Lert Building Systems
Location:
The Barn Door Restaurant, 8400 North New Braunfels Ave.
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Dallas
Luncheon
March 10 @ 11:30 am
Topic:
Dallas Area Development Update
Speaker:
Paul Darden, Paul Darden Company
Sponsor:
Prodigy HVAC
Location:
El Fenix Mexican Restaurant, 1601 McKinney
Ave.
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Dallas Legal Seminar
March 13, 2020
Location:
Renaissance Dallas Hotel
2222 N. Stemmons Fwy.
Dallas, TX 75207
Registration Fees:
$189 per member attendee and $169 per additional member attendee from the same company
(
fees go up after 2/28/20
)
Room Rate:
$169
(Hotel cutoff:
February 27
)
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Austin Legal Seminar
April 24, 2020
Location:
Embassy Suites Austin
5901 N. IH 35
Austin, TX 78723
Registration Fees:
$189 per member attendee and $169 per additional member attendee from the same company
(
fees go up after 4/10/20
)
Room Rate:
$139
(Hotel cutoff:
April 3
)
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
to the end of TSSA's Blue Moon forms software program has officially begun! If you use TSSA's Blue Moon program and have
not
ordered TSSA's
e-Lease,
your Blue Moon program will NOT FUNCTION after February 29, 2020
,
and you will no longer have access to an electronic version of the TSSA lease.
So, if you haven't switched to TSSA's e-Lease subscription, do so ASAP!
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TSSA's e-Lease subscription can be ordered by members who
use the following management software providers:
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If your management software provider is not listed above, please visit our website for updates at
www.txssa.org
. Hover over "Resources" and click on "e-Lease."
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Printed TSSA Rental Agreements
are NOT going away!
The e-Lease is now available, but you may continue to purchase the two-part, printed TSSA rental agreements.
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Calling All Volunteers!!
We need passionate members like YOU!
If you are interested in making a difference by sharing your opinion and/or expertise with one of our committees or task forces, we are eager to talk to you
.
Explore available volunteer opportunities
now
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SEO: A Mission-Critical
Part of Your Success
by Stephanie Farber, Creative Blend Design
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In 2018, Americans spent an average of 6.3 hours a day on social media, online courses, maps, messaging, music, apps, searching and more. The digital transformation is consuming a large part of our daily lives, impacting directly how we work, connect, share, buy and sell, search, study and socialize.
The growing value of the digital economy helps us understand the importance of digital marketing and, specifically, search engines, to remain...
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Self-Storage News
Magazine
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The article above is published in the January/February 2020 issue of
Self-Storage News
magazine. Read the article
in full and check out other featured articles such as:
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Online Leasing & Paperless Offices: Are They for You?
Consider the Pros and Cons
by Connie N. Heyer, TSSA Legal Counsel
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All modern businesses must determine their preferred level of technology use. Choices abound from full-time staffed facilities leasing the old-fashioned way with pen and ink to unmanned storage facilities using only websites and kiosks for leasing activity.
You'll discover some of the legal and practical advantages and disadvantages of varying levels of technology use to help...
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If you are a TSSA member, you have access to our exclusive "Ask the Experts" database, with answers available 24/7 through the Members-Only part of
txssa.org
.
With more than 400 self-storage questions and answers from our team of industry experts, the database is searchable by both category and keyword.
Question:
I have a tenant who is 45 days past due. I seized the unit in the process of doing my foreclosure steps. When I opened the unit, I found a refrigerator with no motor on it and a broken-down desk. I think that this is worthless trash. Can I throw these items in the dumpster?
Answer:
What you may view as trash has a tendency to become someone else’s treasure as soon as you throw it away. This situation probably meets one of the definitions of “abandonment” under the TSSA lease. One of the definitions of abandonment is: (1) the tenant has not paid rent or other sums due, (2) the tenant’s lock has been removed by someone other than the Lessor, or by the Lessor when exercising a statutory seizure, and (3) the tenant’s space contains nothing of value to the ordinary person. You certainly meet condition #1 and condition #2, and it is usually condition #3 that tenants have the potential to argue about. To be extra cautious and give yourself a little extra “insurance," TSSA Legal Counsel would recommend taking a picture of the contents of the unit for your records and then sending the “Notice of Abandonment," form MISC-3, which can be found on the TSSA
Goldbook
© Appendix CD [for the moment—CD is being discontinued] and in the "Members Only" section of the TSSA website. This notice of abandonment form notifies the tenant that you consider his items abandoned, and that unless he notifies you by a certain date, you will dispose of the items. You are not legally required to send this notice of abandonment, but again it is good “insurance”—as the tenant would be hard-pressed to argue that his items were worth thousands of dollars if he did not even bother to respond to your notice of abandonment.
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