TSSA’s Self-Storage Report–Secure Data, Google-Friendly Businesses, 2019 Big Ideas in Storage Conference & More

Is Your Data Secure?

When it comes to data security, most self-storage owners believe that with basic firewall protection, their data and their tenants' data are secure. Some use third-party systems with security protections in place when transmitting data. However, most owners believe that they will not be targeted by a cybersecurity attack. But that isn’t just self-storage owners; small-to-medium-sized businesses share the belief that they’re too small for cybercriminals to target them.

Published in the current issue of

Self-Storage News

READ BLOG POST

How to Beat Google at Its

Own Game

Google consistently moves the goalpost on us all and it’s hard to stay ahead of the game. We’ll briefly delve into some recent changes and what you can do to improve your local presence.

Guest blogger James Appleton is Director of Sales, Special Risk, for MiniCo Insurance Agency

NEW LOOK. NEW CONTENT. JUST FOR YOU!

READ OUR BLOG

Learn how to stand strong in the face of change at TSSA's 2019 Big Ideas in Storage annual conference. Join us for three days of networking, education and a trade show chock-full of experts at the premier event for the self-storage industry in Texas.

TSSA’s annual conference gives you the opportunity to not only learn, but also make new connections, see old friends and learn from other attendees in a variety of unique, entertaining and meaningful ways.

We have some new things planned this year; you won't want to miss it!

THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY MARRIOTT

1601 Lake Robbins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380

SUGGEST ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS FOR CONFERENCE

Show customers you mean BUSINESS by displaying TSSA's new Consumer Guide. This brochure provides valuable information to ensure your customers have a positive self-storage experience at YOUR FACILITY. You'll have them coming back again and again.

SEE DETAILS

USE QUICK ORDER FORM

PURCHASE VIA MEMBER PORTAL

Questions? Contact Tracie at [email protected]

TSSA is working with Charity Storage to bring our members another simple way to support Shriners Hospitals for Children—Galveston. It is a win-win for you, your customers and your community. Your customers can donate unwanted items and you can raise money for Shriners! Plus, a program like this could bring in new customers & raise public awareness of your facility.

HOW IT WORKS:

Storage facility designates an empty unit as the Charity Storage Donation Drop-Off Point. (You can dictate what kind of items are acceptable for the donation unit.)
Tenants and the community (residents and businesses) donate items to the unit in exchange for a charitable donation receipt.
Charity Storage Unit is auctioned either onsite or through an online auction.
Funds are disbursed from Charity Storage and 60% of auction proceeds are given to the facility's CHOSEN CHARITY*, 20% to Kure It Cancer Research, 10% to the SSA Foundation Scholarship Program and 10% is retained by Charity Storage to help underwrite administrative costs.

*TSSA requests that members select Shriners Hospitals for Children—Galveston as your charity of choice.

LEARN MORE

ASK THE EXPERTS

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-related questions and answers from our team of industry experts, the database is searchable by both category and keyword.

Question

Can we lease a unit to a licensed firearms dealer who will be registered with the ATF? The firearms would be stored in a locked safe inside the unit. No ammunition will be stored, and the licensed tenant will be the only one with access to the unit.

Answer

There is no law prohibiting storage of legal weapons inside a storage unit. This is something to be done at your discretion. You might consider requiring, in addition to ID, proof of registration with the ATF, and consider making it clear in special provisions or addenda that only lawful firearms may be stored, they will always be stored in a locked safe in the unit, and no ammunition may be stored. You will need these types of special provisions or addenda because under the language of the TSSA lease, lawful weapons may be stored, but they need not be stored in a gun safe. If you want to make this a requirement, you need to make a special provision or an addendum. The TSSA lease prohibits ammunition from being stored (see paragraph 36(a)[3]), but it would likely be helpful to reiterate this in special provisions or an addendum.