Q & A
Q: We’re planning on renovating our 4-bedroom home, how do we best organize our household possessions for easy access while it’s in storage?
A: Place the items most likely to be needed closest to the door. As a general rule, you want to store the heaviest items on the bottom and lightest on top; the whole idea is to load snuggly and spread the weight as evenly as possible inside so items won't shift in transit and heavier items won't crush anything underneath them.
Most important, make sure you label your boxes, listing all the items in each box. Many people neglect to do this but it can make a huge difference when you’re looking for, say, that clock radio or piece of kitchenware.
— Mark Clauder; Owner, UNITS Mobile Storage Arlington
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UNITS Mobile Storage in the News
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UNITS Portable Storage of Atlanta
Stefanie Miller, Owner of UNITS Portable Storage of Atlanta,  was interviewed on ABCTV after a fire in the home of a local Pack Rat brought to light the needs of people who just can not give up their extra stuff.
Atlanta Portable Storage helps Pack Rats
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UNITS Mobile Storage on Phoenix TV
We are pleased to share the FOX-TV Phoenix channel 10 segment  on franchisee Paul Cardozi of UNITS Mobile Storage of Phoenix, Arizona, that ran October, 2009.
Franchise Ownership on the Rise, is a powerful segment that leads and concludes with UNITS Mobile Storage, enhancing visibility of the brand as well as the franchise opportunity in the Arizona market. In addition to highlighting Paul’s background and why he chose to invest in a small business, the piece heightens brand awareness among consumers in the region for all Arizona UNITS franchisees, helping to drive local foot traffic to each location.
Franchise ownership Phoenix Arizona
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Business startup: opportunity or disaster?
Current economy provides pluses and minuses for new  ventures.
by Jan Norman
Orange Country Register
Dan Leonard has been in the banking industry for more than 35 years. He currently is chief executive of Triad Financial, an auto finance company that has ceased to do new business and is slowly liquidating its loan portfolio. After that, Leonard is out of a job at age 60.
Not willing or able to retire, Leonard is starting a business. He recently bought an Orange County franchise of UNITS Mobile Storage in Lake Forest, which leases storage containers to people who either are moving or out of space. Once they fill the container, UNITS will transport it or store it.
Units Orange County
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Construction & Finance Cut Jobs to The Bone
The Cincinnati Inquirer talks with Gorden Wright of  UNITS Mobile Storage of Cincinnati about his success in the mobile storage franchise business in these hard economic times.
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UNITS Mobile Storage Houston To Open
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Houston Business Journal
Units Mobile Storage is set to open its first Houston location.
The Charleston, South Carolina based mobile storage company will open a climate-controlled warehouse facility in Hammerly Business Park on Sept. 1, according to John Steeves, the company’s chief operating officer. Residential and business customers can store items in containers supplied by Units that are water, mold and UV resistant. The containers are then removed for storage.
The company is targeting Houston because of its growth, according to John Steeves, chief operating officer. “Houston is a prime market for us,” he said. Steeves said the company plans to add three more Houston area locations. Units has also opened locations near San Antonio and Dallas and plans to expand to Austin within the next year.
UNITS Mobile Storage Houston
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Door-to-door mobile storage has arrived in San Antonio. UNITS Mobile Storage, a technologically advanced, affordable and convenient mobile storage company has opened its first San Antonio location at 8919 Aero Lane.
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Mobile self-storage industry really on the move
By Michael McAlhany
President UNITS Mobiel Storage
March, 2009
The $40 billion dollar mobile self-storage industry is changing the way American consumers and businesses safely transport and store possessions as it straddles two rapidly growing sectors of the U.S. economy: moving and storage. What began as a unique way for traditional storage facilities to differentiate themselves among competitors in the marketplace, has now spawned an industry revolution that has created a recession resistant business opportunity for investors.
With nearly 41 million Americans throughout the nation moving into new cities each year and the rise in home foreclosures at an all-time high, the residential housing market is a prime example of the business opportunities that exist in the mobile self-storage industry. Plus, with commercial and industrial businesses downsizing and new infrastructure projects created under the economic stimulus package that will result in demand for secure, onsite construction storage containers, the need for mobile self-storage solutions is on the rise.
Mobile Self Storage Moving
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