Self-storage units are a great way to store extra items and property for which you don't have an immediate need. For a monthly fee, storage unit companies can keep your things safe and protected, ...

Strange Auction Services gets its name from its owner, but the company's moniker could just as easily describe some of the unusual sales conducted by the 2-year-old Indianapolis-based business. “I get ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Forget garage sales -- Leanore Ransom's best finds are the contents of storage units bought at auction. That's where she bought her Victorian living-room furniture and oak dining set ...

At a recent auction at the Quakerbridge Road site of Lackland Self Storage in Hamilton, Janina Friedman and Lester Erbe, both from Bordentown and both unemployed, were two of 20 people looking for a ...

In the U.S., something like 20% of the population is paying rent on a storage unit of some sort. People keep all sorts of stuff in storage units, from furniture that doesn’t fit in their current home ...

DENVER (CBS4) - A new law is about to make it easier for owners of self-storage businesses to sell the belongings of customers who haven't paid up. Owners will no longer have to notify customers ...

The man with a clipboard leads 22 men and women into the maze of storage units just off a main thoroughfare in Gresham. "OK," he announces, "you all know the rules; same as always." He opens a padlock ...

Americans love self-storage units — rented metal bins, far from home, where you can stuff everything from excess Christmas decorations to the last, best fitness fad equipment. But in this economy, a ...

Think you can be the next Storage Warrior? You aren’t alone. Attendance at auctions of items in storage units whose owners have failed to pay their bills has soared thanks to the popularity of ...

They aren't your typical auctions. The bidders don't know exactly what they're bidding on, yet everyone there is hoping to strike it rich. What's for sale? At a recent auction, it was the unseen ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Maybe you've seen one of the shows on cable television when people don't pay their bills on storage units. Even without knowing what's hidden inside, people bid on them. Sometimes ...