About this episode
Americans love to buy new stuff and hate to get rid of old stuff, which is why storing it all has become a $45 billion business. Zachary Crockett cleans out the garage. SOURCES: Zachary Dickens , executive vice president and chief investment officer of Extra Space Storage. Anne Mari DeCoster , self-storage consultant. Kara Kolodziej, self-storage unit tenant. RESOURCES: " A Fifth Of Americans Rent Self Storage, With Millennials Overtaking Gen Xers In Generational Storage Wars ," by Francis Chantree ( Storage Cafe, 2024). " Lessors of Mini Warehouses and Self-Storage Units Show Significant Financial Gains During COVID-19 Pandemic ," by Ben Chandler and Robin Enlow (United States Census Bureau, 2024). " The Fate of Oversupplied Self-Storage Markets and How to Pull Back From the Brink ," by Frank DeSalvo and David Perlleshi ( Inside Self Storage, 2023). " A Pandemic Space Race: Self-Storage Roars Back ," by Ellen Rosen ( The New York Times, 2021). " Need to Store That? Booming Self-Storage Industry Says No Problem ," by Liam Pleven ( The Wall Street Journal, 2015). EXTRAS: Storage Wars , TV series (2010-present). Auction Hunters , TV series (2010-2015). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.