Let the bidding begin: Storage unit sales a business, hobby

Mark Binkley with Ziggy’s Buy and Sell peeks into a storage unit to calculate the value Dec. 23 in Columbus. His store is in Starkville. / Kelly Tippett

It's 'Storage Wars,' Omaha-style - Omaha World-Herald

It's 'Storage Wars,' Omaha-style Omaha World-Herald By Leia Mendoza >> Nearly 1 in 10 US households currently rent a self-storage unit. That has increased from 1 in 17 in 1995 — an increase of about 65 percent in 15 years. >> It took the self-storage industry more than 25 years to build its first ...

Storage Units Are Not Appropriate Burial Sites - Gawker

Storage Units Are Not Appropriate Burial Sites Gawker Her decision: take her 95-year-old mother's body to a unit at U-Stor Self Storage in Clearwater. And Ann actually would have stayed there, if the manager of said storage unit hadn't been about to auction off its contents. (Dead body on Storage Wars. and more »

'Storage Wars': Dave Hester On His Biggest Regret - Huffington Post

'Storage Wars': Dave Hester On His Biggest Regret Huffington Post Auctioneer Dave "The Mogul" Hester, 47, is the unlikely star of A&E's number one reality show, "Storage Wars." The program, which premiered in 2010, follows a group of professional buyers who bid on the contents of abandoned storage lockers. and more »

TV treasure hunt craze boosts auctions in Tahoe - Las Vegas Sun

TV treasure hunt craze boosts auctions in Tahoe Las Vegas Sun The find created a buzz at an early January storage locker auction at Kingsbury Self Storage in Stateline, Nev., which attracted about 50 people hoping to make a quick buck off the contents of units whose renters had fallen behind on their payments.