Renting a self storage unit for your belongings is not a complicated process, however, it's not a decision to be made lightly. There are a lot of important factors to take into consideration before making the final choice on where you will be storing your furniture and possessions. They are, after all, things that you have bought and paid for over your lifetime with your hard earned cash. Renting a storage unit somewhere with poor security, and incompetent staff members may end up being severely detrimental to the well-being of all the items that you are leaving in their care.