There is a vast supply of mom & pop local self-storage (to say nothing of the giants like Public Storage). The US is flooded with modestly priced self-storage u

There is a vast supply of mom & pop local self-storage (to say nothing of the giants like Public Storage). The US is flooded with modestly priced self-storage units. The market is hyper fragmented, which prevents prices from rising very much. I don't understand where this tag line is coming from: > Traditional storage units can be far away, overpriced, and have contracts. Contracts are ideal, you absolutely want contracts. It's crazy to store your stuff with someone without a contract (that both spells out a period of time that you are guranteed to have the unit space, and makes clear all manner of liability and security issues). It's unlikely that you have to go very far to find local self-storage, anywhere in the US, short of an extreme scenario like being in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. Even the smallest of towns in Appalachia will have numerous self-storage providers at a fair price.