SarahLittle

I just made about 15 signs to litter every stop sign I can find tomorrow morning. It's finally garage sale time and by the end of the (HOT!!) day I hope to have nothing to put back into my garage storage space.

I hope there are lots of bargain hunters out tomorrow and that they need a washer and dryer or perhaps a hand-me-down sofa. I've got TONS of stuff to get rid of!

The end of the month presents a fresh start for self storage. When you self storage owners wake up on the 1st, you have the perfect opportunity to call PhoneSmart and start a sales training and secret shopping program.

Missing out on another month of storage rentals is a risk you won't have to take once you begin training your managers to close the sale.

Being that I am in the storage industry and that PhoneSmart is owned by StorageMart, you'd think storage would be in abundant supply to me. . . I must be doing something wrong.

I don't know how, but somehow my peaceful room with fireplace, piano and relaxation (meaning no TV, kids or work) has become a furniture storage nightmare!

My Dad is trying to sell his home, so I have inherited lots of furniture from him! Some is here on hiatus, until he wants it back. Some I...

Being in the secret shopping industry, I sometimes have to work as a "Myth Buster" about what it is I really do.

Whenever I go to the dentist or a social event and have to do the "What do you do? Do you have kids - how old are they? Don't you love the weather..." talk, and I respond, "I run a secret shopping business", people excitedly say, "Do you get stuff for free? How can I do that?!"

While it is true, some secret shoppers...