Let SMARTBOX assist you with your document storage needs.  From legal documents, company records, tax documents, payroll receipts and personnel information, SMARTBOX has the soultion for you.  Use SMARTBOX mobile storage containers for quick on site projects, or for longer term storage, rely on our secure, climate controlled facilities for storage that you can depend on.  Don’t leave your company open to non compliance issues, duplication costs or future law suits.  With SMARTBOX Document Storage, yuo have on demand access to your important documents.  Our document storage services also allow you to maximize your office square footage.  Don’t worry about expanding your workspace when you can simply make more room by storing your documents off site.   Here are some tips to help you prepare to store your documents:

Step 1. Load Label Names

Enter or import the names to be used to help identify file folders. You can optionally assign your own category, such as Customers, Vendors, or Employees, to each label name.

Step 2. Setup Your Document Types

Enter the types of documents to be stored in file folders, along with how long they must be stored. You can also assign your own category, such as Payables or Receivables, to each document type.

Step 3. Create File Folders

Combine lable names and document types to create a file folders. Print labels to put on you file folders in a wide variety of Avery style formats automatically as you create the file folders.

Step 4. Make Storage Boxes

Now you are ready to assign folders to storage boxes. Select the folders that got placed in the same box. The Store Until date will be automatically calculated based on the type of documents you place in the box, and the date the box was placed into storage. Assign a location to each storage box to help find the box when you need a folder in it. 

Are you in need of storage or moving help?  Trying to figure out who the best choices are in your neighborhood?  SMARTBOX Portable Self Storage is proud to be the premier, full service mobile storage provider in over 18 major U.S. cities and has the ability to facilitate long distance moves in 65 of the largest markets in the country.  For a full list of service areas, either choose the Franchise Directory link on the bottom of each page on the SMARTBOX website, or enter your zip code next to the grey magnifying glass on the site’s main page for pertinent local information.

With a surplus of houses for sale, clogging up the real estate market, it is essential that every step is made to make your house appear better to potential buyers.  Home staging is the strategic process of “decluttering” your home, creating a more spacious and accommodating setting to attract positive attention from buyers and their agents.  SMARTBOX understands the importance of home staging, helping provide the ultimate solution for those looking to clear out bulky or cluttered areas in order to help sell their homes.  With the SMARTBOX Portable Storage system, users can either keep their belongings on site for hassle free, easy access, or they can choose to have the belongings stored at one of SMARTBOX’s secure storage facilities.  Here are several tips for staging your home:

1.   Eliminate all clutter.  Homes look bigger and more stylish without any clutter.  Many stagers have the clients move out entirely, and the stagers bring in their own items.  Take all of the pictures off of the refrigerator, remove any stacks of paper on your desk, etc.  Also, having a professional house cleaning service come in and do a thorough once-over is almost always well worth the cost.
2.  Fresh paint can make a real difference.  It is the frosting on the cake.  Use colors that will appeal to the greatest number of people.  You may prefer something bolder or outrageous for yourself, but when selling a house, neutral-colored interior paints work best.  Also, replace any worn carpets or other flooring.  If you have hardwood floors that are in rough shape, having them refinished can often return many times the cost of the refinishing, and sell the home much faster.
3.  In many parts of the country homes are shown with no window coverings at all.  This creates an open and airy feeling.
4. Make sure there are no unpleasant pet or cooking odors.  Some sellers now bake cookies for the open house, creating a warm feeling in they buyer’s mind.
5. Use size-appropriate furniture.  If you have a small bedroom, don’t put a king-sized bed in there. Conversely, if you have a huge master suite, putting a single bed in there would look unbalanced
6. Leave the lights on even during the day to make the home as bright as possible.