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RE: Who is liable?

Posted By Carl Schach 08-19-2026 08:48 AM
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If I am being honest, I have never read the lease cover to cover. The verbiage sounds good, but would it hold water in court I wonder? Am I worried about something I shouldn't be worried about? The difference being, if a tenant shared the code, they took the liability. With us actually issuing a ...

RE: AI FOR SELF STORAGE

Posted By Carl Schach 08-18-2026 05:37 PM
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"I am beginning to believe AI is materially sustaining inflation, known today as "affordability"." I never thought about that. ------------------------------ Carl Schach Owner/Operator North Edinburg RV and Boat Storage Edinburg TX ------------------------------

Who is liable?

Posted By Carl Schach 08-18-2026 05:33 PM
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We have an RV and boat storage facility. Currently we have a traditional key code access for our gate. We require the code to enter as well as exit the property. It also logs all entries and exits. We have 42 cameras on the property including a license plate camera at the gate. Lease holders share gate ...

RE: RV & Trailer Space Size and Mix

Posted By Carl Schach 09-27-2025 02:54 PM
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RE: RV & Trailer Space Size and Mix

Posted By Carl Schach 09-27-2025 02:54 PM
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Joy, All of our spots are at a 45 degree angle. It makes them slightly longer than the advertised size. We have 30' back in spots and 45' back in and pull through spots all are 12' wide. We just recently finished construction on 5 covered back in spots. Those are 50' long 12 feet wide. We ...

Sentry Solo gate management.

Posted By Carl Schach 04-23-2025 06:22 PM
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Anyone using Sentry Solo gate management. They sent us an email, and I reached out to them, and we are discussing it. It uses QR codes which bring up a virtual keypad on the tenant's phone that they then enter their 5 or 6 digit gate code on to open the gate. The system seems pretty straight forward ...

Beware of scammers

Posted By Carl Schach 11-09-2023 06:40 AM
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Got a call yesterday from a man claiming to be living in Houston but relocating to our area. He also claimed that his medical issues were preventing him from taking care of all of this in person so forth and so on. He was needing to store his boat for about 10 months and wanted to know how much that ...

Evicting a tenant

Posted By Carl Schach 08-16-2023 09:36 PM
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We have a tenant that has 2 spots rented at our boat and rv storage facility. She is currently past due 2 months on 1 spot and current until 9/2 on the other spot. We have made several attempts to contact her about this past due rent on spot 1. It's one excuse or promise after another. We feel she is ...

RE: Customer with multiple spots rented

Posted By Carl Schach 07-02-2023 03:47 PM
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I appreciate the feedback. The biggest frustration is the lack of communication from them. Multiple texts and phone calls never responded to. We are going to follow our first instinct and the advice given and lock them out. Im sure they will call when the gate wont open. Thanks again. ------- ...

Customer with multiple spots rented

Posted By Carl Schach 06-27-2023 01:18 PM
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We have several customers with more than one spot rented on different contracts with different due dates. We do anniversary billing as opposed to prorate. One of our customers that has 2 spots is late on the rent for 1 spot and current on the other. We normally would turn the customers gate code off ...

Wash Station

Posted By Carl Schach 05-30-2023 07:55 AM
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Thinking of putting in a pay wash station for boats and RVs. Thoughts? ------------------------------ Carl Schach Owner/Operator North Edinburg RV and Boat Storage LLC Edinburg TX (956) 533-1205 ------------------------------

RE: General Liability Insurance

Posted By Carl Schach 05-23-2023 05:08 PM
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I appreciate the reply. The land is all one parcel which is what creates the problem. I would have to subdivide it to create 2 parcels. The cost of that plus giving up an additional 50 feet ( at least ) of right of way is not something I want to do. -- Gene SchachNorth Edinburg RV and Boat Storage ...

General Liability Insurance

Posted By Carl Schach 05-17-2023 07:37 PM
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In 2021 we opened an RV and boat storage facility on our property behind our home. I have contacted several insurance companies about general liability insurance and I get the same answer. Because the business is located on the same property as our home no one will write the policy. They all suggest ...

RE: Unpaid rent, Unpaid lien, Useless yard art... The death of a renter

Posted By Carl Schach 01-21-2023 09:04 AM
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Janette, With all due respect, at some point you need to cut your losses and move on. You are likely going to spend way more money involving and attorney than you will ever get back. I dont know what kind of property you are talking about but since you mentioned Parks and Wildlife Im going to assume ...

RE: Tenant Turn over?

Posted By Carl Schach 11-11-2022 08:06 AM
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JoLea, Thank you for the reply. As I mentioned we are a fledgling in the business. With not quite 2 yrs under our belt we really dont have anything to go off of that I feel is solid data. I appreciate you sharing with us. We are currently up 13 units over ending of last year, and we will see what the ...

RE: Best Way to Advertise

Posted By Carl Schach 05-20-2022 08:46 AM
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Cynthia, Our website has been our biggest asset. People that are actively looking for RV and Boat storage seem to find us pretty easily online. FB market place really did nothing for us as far as I could tell. Our facility is on a dead end road 1 mile north of a very busy road. If you are not looking ...

RE: Short Term Lease question

Posted By Carl Schach 03-16-2022 08:29 AM
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Martin, we charge $60 a month or $25 a week. We are husband and wife owned and operated. 160 spot facility. Easy enough to manage for now. A weekly charge may not fit into your operation. Gene ------------------------------ Carl Schach Owner/Operator North Edinburg RV and Boat Storage LLC Edinburg ...

RE: Is an extra Facility Usage Fee legal???

Posted By Carl Schach 02-25-2022 10:12 AM
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I believe you can charge any fees you want to charge. It is your property, and you are renting them usage of said property. I don't see how or where any law would prevent you from doing that. As long as it is well known to customer upon renting, I don't see where you have an issue. From a customer standpoint ...

RE: Customers using Boat/RV/TT facility as business lot.

Posted By Carl Schach 12-14-2021 08:36 AM
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Keri, Im not sure what you use for property entry and exit. We use Doorking as our managment system and dual keypads. Everyone must enter their own code to enter or leave the property. We have cameras mounted directly on top of the key pads so that we have a visual of that person entering the code. ...

RE: Sales Tax

Posted By Carl Schach 09-23-2021 10:43 AM
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Ashly, Contacting the local comptrollers office would be your best bet. The gold book you got with your subscription will explain the rules as far what to and what not to charge sales tax on. A trailer with a boat on it does not get charged sales tax. An empty boat trailer does get charged sales tx. ...