It is a hot, balmy afternoon at Burke Self Storage in Pasadena and close to 40 people are making small talk while waiting for the facility's public sale of 18 units up for auction to begin. For some ...

Think you can be the next Storage Warrior? You aren’t alone. Attendance at auctions of items in storage units whose owners have failed to pay their bills has soared thanks to the popularity of ...

The man with a clipboard leads 22 men and women into the maze of storage units just off a main thoroughfare in Gresham. "OK," he announces, "you all know the rules; same as always." He opens a padlock ...

The plastic tub marked “wedding day” looks the most promising. Old Pepsi boxes on the floor of the storage unit also are enticing. “Who wants to give me an opening bid?” bellows Cindy Gorrell, the ...