Guides and chain reports

Practical guides for renters, plus pages that collect public rent-increase reports for the big storage chains.

Guides

How to negotiate a storage unit rent increase (script + prepay trick) — Got a storage rent increase notice? A step-by-step plan, a phone script, and the alternatives to use as leverage before you pay more.

Chain reports

Extra Space Storage rate increases: what renters report — Real Extra Space Storage rent-increase reports from renters, with links to the original posts, plus how to push back on an increase.