entrepreneurs, including a handful of publicly traded giants like Public Storage, Storage USA, and Shurgard. According to a recent survey, one homeowner out of every eleven also owns a self-storage space. This represents an increase of 75 percent since 1995. Most operators of self-storage facilities report 90 percent occupancy but, amazingly, as the amount of storage space required by homeowners has grown, so has the average size of the American house. The National Association of Homebuilders reports