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Fitz Storage Solutions Managing a self-storage facility can be demanding, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Fitz Storage Solutions is here to take the burden off your shoulders.

Rate management is where Fitz Storage Solutions starts every facility review. Occupancy matters, but rate comes first. M...
05/25/2026

Rate management is where Fitz Storage Solutions starts every facility review. Occupancy matters, but rate comes first. Most independent owners we work with are sitting at 85 to 93 percent full when we come in, and that number looks stable until you pull the actual data.

The real NOI problem usually hides in the occupied units. The 10x10 that hasn't had a rate change since 2021. The gap between the website rate and what the tenant actually paid to move in. One full COMPASS pricing audit in the first 30 days finds it, and most owners see their first rate correction by week three before a single marketing dollar moves.

The facility doesn't need more tenants. It needs better numbers on the ones already there.

If you've ever audited your occupied unit rates, what surprised you most about what you found?

Most owners ask us about pricing in the first 15 minutes of a call. Pricing is the last decision we make, not the first....
05/21/2026

Most owners ask us about pricing in the first 15 minutes of a call. Pricing is the last decision we make, not the first.

Before we touch the rate, we look at five numbers.

Occupancy by unit size, not total. A facility at 92 percent overall can be 100 percent full on 10x10s and 71 percent on 10x20s. Those are different problems.

The street rate gap. If existing tenants are within 8 percent of what new tenants get quoted, there is no room to push. Over 25 percent, you have a retention risk.

Delinquency in the 30 and 60-day buckets. You cannot raise rates on a base that is not paying.

Move-in velocity by size class, trailing 90 days. This is the earliest signal in the building. It moves before occupancy does.

Revenue per square foot. Two facilities can both hit 95 percent occupancy and be 20 percent apart on this one. RevPSF is the truth.

When these five line up, we move. When they do not, we fix the foundation first.

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05/19/2026

Same facility. Two different diagnoses. Two completely different fixes.

When a self-storage facility is underperforming, the first job is figuring out whether the market is the problem or the management is the problem.

Both will tank revenue.

Only one of them can be fixed by changing how the facility is run.

Four quick checks tell the market side of the story.

1️⃣ Saturation. If the square footage per capita is high and getting higher, pricing power is already gone.
2️⃣ REIT proximity. Public Storage, Extra Space, and CubeSmart inside a 3 to 5 mile ring change what an independent can charge.
3️⃣ Median income. The tenant base matters. A Section 8 or Social Security heavy area runs on different economics than a 75K+ household market.
4️⃣ Population trajectory. Declining population is the quiet one. The facility looks fine on paper for years before the floor falls out.

If those four answer yes, no operator on earth fixes that with better pricing software.

If those four answer no, the problem is inside the building. That is where we start.

If you have ever stared at a self-storage deal in Excel and still thought, “I don’t know if this is actually good,” this...
05/14/2026

If you have ever stared at a self-storage deal in Excel and still thought, “I don’t know if this is actually good,” this carousel is for you.

Excel can help with the math.

But deal analysis needs more than formulas.

Swipe through this one.

The Deal Analyzer is designed to help self-storage investors and buyers analyze deals with more structure.

It is not a guarantee of performance, and it does not replace due diligence, legal counsel, or financial advising.

It helps you organize the numbers, evaluate the assumptions, and decide whether a deal deserves the next conversation.

Comment UNDERWRITE if you want the details.

𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀.The Facility Deal Analyzer is the same ...
05/14/2026

𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀.

The Facility Deal Analyzer is the same tool our team runs on every acquisition we evaluate before agreeing to manage a property. Free trial. Browser-based. No credit card to start.

Six outputs in under a minute. NOI. Cap Rate. Cash-on-Cash Return. Debt Service Coverage. True Market Valuation. Maximum Offer Price.

Most underwriting calculators floating around online were built by software folks who have never walked a property, looked at a beat-up gate, and had to figure out what that's going to cost the owner before signing the management contract. This one wasn't. We ran it internally on real facilities for over a year before it ever became a product.

If you're staring at a deal right now and not sure whether it pencils, run it through the Analyzer before another hour disappears into the OM. Sixty seconds in, you'll know whether it's worth a full underwrite or whether to pass and find a better one.

Comment ANALYZER and we'll get you the link.

Your self storage tenants are staying 19 months on average. Most facilities are still pricing for 12.That's where the mo...
05/12/2026

Your self storage tenants are staying 19 months on average. Most facilities are still pricing for 12.

That's where the money is hiding.

Storable just released data showing the current average length of stay sits at 19.3 months, up from 9 to 14 months pre-pandemic. The lifestyle shift made it happen. Renovations got longer. Remote work made spare rooms permanent offices. Downsizing parents moved in with adult kids and the keepsakes followed.

Here's the catch.

Move-in rates fell 10.7% in Q4 2025 because operators are fighting over fewer new tenants. Meanwhile, the tenants already in your facility are sitting at the same rate they signed up for at move-in. Sometimes for two years.

Every facility we take over has this same gap. Existing customer rate increases that haven't run in over a year. Long-term tenants paying the lowest dollar per square foot in the building. Retention that quietly turned into revenue loss.

The fix is not complicated. It is just disciplined. Behavioral pricing tied to length-of-stay milestones, market signals, and the right timing. That's what COMPASS does for every facility we manage.

05/08/2026

𝗔 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Three months later, they tell you it had no scratches when they brought it in.

You have nothing.

This is why we ask them to send a photograph of their vehicle from all four sides at drop-off. Inventory of what is on site. Condition record from the day it arrived. Dispute settled before it starts.

Most independent owners skip this step.

Most of them eventually wish they had not.

Comment 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 and we will send you the link to the community.

𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀.Tell us how you'd play it before we walk you through what we'd do....
05/06/2026

𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀.

Tell us how you'd play it before we walk you through what we'd do.

Your facility is at 94% occupancy. Solid number on paper.

But 47 of your tenants have been with you 3+ years and they're paying $40 to $60 under current market rate. Your comp set just bumped up.

If you push rate increases on all 47, history says you lose 6 to 10 of them. If you leave them alone, you leave roughly $2,200 a month on the table.

What's the call?

Full increase to market. Soft bump of $15. Tier them by how long they've been there. Or leave the long-timers alone and only price new leases at market.

There's a right move here. Most owners pick wrong on instinct.

Drop your answer in the comments. We'll come back with the move we'd make, why, and what COMPASS does inside a setup like this.

Comment 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 if you want the link to our community.

05/05/2026

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗽𝗮𝗱? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱?

Most can't. Not because they don't care. Because the equipment came with the property, the previous manager kept it all in their head, and nobody ever wrote it down.

That gap shows up the first time something breaks. The gate fails on a Saturday. You call a vendor. They ask what model you have on site. You don't know. Now there is a service call just to identify what is already mounted to your own property. Tenants start calling. Two days go by.

Every facility we manage starts with documentation. Pictures of every piece of equipment, make and model, codes, sensor types, locations, all logged inside FITZ OS before we leave. (Caught a good one this week: a facility with both a magnetic gate sensor AND a loop in the ground. Almost never see that.)

Sounds simple. It is. But documenting before something breaks is the difference between a 20-minute fix and a 48-hour outage. It is also what keeps 30+ self-storage facilities across 3 time zones running without anything turning into a fire drill.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱.

Comment 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 for the equipment audit checklist we run on every facility takeover.

05/01/2026

Your self-storage facility cameras are only protecting tenants if someone is maintaining them.

We walk facilities regularly across the properties we manage. And one of the things we check every time is the security cameras and the lighting around them.

Are the lenses clean?
Any spiderwebs?
Any obstructions?
Is the security lighting still working so the cameras can actually see something at night?

It sounds obvious.But you would be surprised how many facilities we have taken over where the cameras had not been checked in months.

Sometimes years. The owner assumed they were working. The footage told a different story.

When a tenant files a break-in claim and the only thing your camera captured is a blurry shadow behind a cobweb, that is not a security system. That is a false sense of security. And your tenants will figure that out fast.

Across 30+ managed facilities, this is part of the work we do that never makes a highlight reel but absolutely protects the owner's investment. Small things done consistently add up to real results.

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