Risk management is one of the most important things an owner can do as far as avoiding liability and protecting the profitability of a self-storage operation. The importance of your self-storage facility lease language, as well as the language of all addenda, rules, and other such documents, is vital in controlling your risk, and for minimizing potential liability.

This article is reprinted from the Mini-Storage Messenger with the permission of MiniCo, Inc., and the author.

Jordan Garrand began noticing higher than normal traffic to the storage facility he manages, so he tipped off local police. Now, Garrand, the co-manager of Guardian Self Storage in New Windsor, has been commended by federal, state, and local authorities for “being a model of public vigilance.”