Maria Gatea
Maria Gatea is a Senior Editor & Research Writer for Yardi with a background in Journalism and Communication. After covering business and finance-related topics as a freelance writer for 15 years, she is now focusing on researching and writing about the real estate industry. You may contact Maria via email.

An Easy 8-Step Guide that Will Help you Prepare your Garden for a Midwestern Winter

There are still a few good weather days until the winter truly sets in, but diligent gardeners in Midwest know that preparations for the cold season should already be underway. Whether you’re growing veggies, herbs, flowers, or all of the above, here are the main operations that should be happening in your garden this fall.

Las Vegas Emerges as the Hottest Self Storage Market in the U.S. in Terms of Rent Growth

Self-storage street rates fell quite steeply this summer in most of the major metros in the US, with one glaring exception – Las Vegas. Not only did self-storage rent not decrease in Las Vegas area, but it actually saw double-digit growth in some cases.

Practical and Affordable Toy Storage Ideas

If you’re a parent, you’re all too familiar with this problem: toys are taking over your entire house. Going into your child’s room is a veritable obstacle course. You’re trying to avoid walking on Lego, only to end up stepping on a toy car that takes you on a wild ride, straight into the nearest wall.

7 Easy Steps to Downsizing

Reasons for downsizing vary, from empty nesters deciding to move into smaller, easier to maintain homes, to young people pursuing job opportunities in cities where housing is a hot commodity. Whatever your motives, downsizing is definitely a handful.

The Best 12 Online Tools to Help You Move

Moving is often associated with chaos and unpredictability, and for good reason. Now, there’s an easy fix, with technology providing solutions even for less well-organized people. Many tasks can be done online—from hiring moving companies and managing your budget to finding people for the odd jobs, getting to know your new neighbors, and more!

8 Moving Tips to Make Your Life Easier

Everyone dreads moving – it’s a chaotic, exhausting event. The list of things you need to accomplish in just one day is, frankly, intimidating, so here are some cool tricks that will give you a head start.

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How to Move without Breaking the Bank

Moving is a bitter financial pill to swallow but, through careful planning, you can save both money and time. There are several factors that influence the cost of the services related to moving—take them all into account!

Growing Demand, Low Vacancy Make Baltimore a Tight Self-Storage Market

Baltimore is going through an economic revival driven by its traditional powerhouses – higher education, healthcare and biosciences – and by other factors, like the resurgence of the real estate market and an upsurge in tech startups.

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New Top-Notch Website Makes Self-Storage Hunting Easier

It happens to all of us: a new pair of shoes today, sporting equipment tomorrow, then some tools on sale that you decided you really need. Slowly but surely, your house gets overwhelmed by stuff and it’s getting difficult to maintain order.