MiniCo Webinar Focuses on Unique Legal Topics for Self-Storage Operators

Operating a self-storage business involves dealing with a variety of legal issues, some more common than others. On August 18, 2010, renowned self-storage industry professional Tom Litton, President of Litton Property Management, Inc., will present a free webinar focusing on several legal topics that are seldom discussed but important to successful self-storage operations. The webinar Unique Legal Topics for Self-Storage Owners and Managers will address the following legal topics:


· The importance of a redaction policy
· Changing and enforcing the rental agreement’s limit of value clause
· Legally postponing an auction
· Posting the rental agreement online
· The legal definition of “sold to the highest bidder”
· Advertising lien sales in the right newspapers
· Applying the statute of frauds to self-storage
· Legally entering a rented self-storage space

Unique Legal Topics for Self-Storage Owners and Managers will be sponsored by Litton Property Management, Inc., and moderated by MiniCo Publishing’s Poppy Behrens. The Mini‑Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series offers informative monthly webinars free of charge to self-storage professionals and other individuals. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Development Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:
Litton Property Management, Inc. – tomlitton@msn.com

“HAT LADY” ANNE BALLARD PRESENTS MINICO WEBINAR TO TEACH SELF-STORAGE OPERATORS HOW TO GROW RENTALS AND REFERRALS USING ON-SITE EVENTS

In the current challenging economy, it’s more important than ever for self‑storage business owners to identify efficient methods to market and attract customers to their facilities. Universal Management Company President and Founder M. Anne Ballard, popularly known in the self-storage industry by her nickname, “the hat lady,” asserts that increasing RRM – referrals, repeat customers and marketing-sourced customers – represents the lowest cost per lease for facilities. On August 25, 2010, Ms. Ballard will host the free webinar Using On-Site Events to Grow Referrals, Repeats and Marketing-Sourced Move-Ins. Topics will include the following:

· Getting the most value out of on-site events
· Setting up a referral program
· Working with existing customers to get more rentals and referrals
· Why facilities need more Door Turns to improve occupancy and referrals

A longtime top operator in the self-storage industry, Universal Management Company offers self-storage business owners the benefits of the company’s extensive industry experience as well as professional, unbiased management services. Ms. Ballard is a frequent speaker at self‑storage industry conventions and workshops, and she is a regular contributor to the Mini‑Storage Messenger, Self‑Storage Almanac, and other self-storage publications. Her latest book is The Hat Lady Speaks: Marketing Self-Storage.

Using On-Site Events to Grow Referrals, Repeats and Marketing-Sourced Move-Ins will be hosted by MiniCo as part of the ongoing Mini-Storage Messenger Self-Storage Webinar Series, which offers informative monthly webinars free of charge to self-storage professionals and other individuals. Publisher Poppy Behrens will moderate the presentation. For more information or to register, visit www.ministoragemessenger.com. Online registration is required for this free live event.

MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, publishes the Mini-Storage Messenger, the leading monthly trade magazine covering the global self-storage industry. Other publications include Self‑Storage Now!, Mobile Self-Storage Magazine, RV & Boat Storage Today, Self-Storage Canada, the Self-Storage Almanac, the Self-Storage Development Handbook, and the Self‑Storage Buyer’s Guide.

Since 1974, Phoenix-based MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC, has been a self-storage leader providing superior specialty insurance programs, informative publications and valuable products and services created expressly for the self‑storage industry.

For More Information:
Universal Management Company – www.universalmanagementcompany.com