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Today I attended a meeting of the self storage association of New Jersey. The association is managed by Chris McGrath and his staff of professional association managers. I noticed several things about the group in attendance. Many I have know for several years. There were larger operators and smaller operators. But they are all successful and they are all doing well in their businesses. Is this a chicken and egg sort of thing, you ask yourself? Are they successful because they are active in supporting the association and active in benefiting from the association’s work? Or do successful people support trade associations and unsuccessful people don’t. I think they are successful because they have a good association. In the brief meeting today, there was an excellent module on protecting information we receive from credit reports and other sensitive customer data. There was a review and update on the service members relief act, which could impact many of you. There was a good review of marketing strategies. Several vendors had a chance to talk about their busineses. I found a few of them to be very educational. Nick Malagisi, the self storage broker, talked about some criteria for rating a facility as “Institutional grade”. He raised some good points for stepping back and taking a look at your facility or others. John Gilliland from Real Estate Investment Management talked about how owners can make sure their facilities are being managed correclty by hiring a professional management firm. Why should an owner worry about his investment? Tom Garden from Syrasoft raised some great ideas talking about a new module his staff created to manage automobile and titled vehicle storage.

If you are not active with your local state group, you need to be.

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