Every year, more than 80,000 storage auctions are held across the U.S., whether at a storage facility or online through an auction site. Auctions present a unique opportunity for buyers to scoop up ...

But, alas, the macabre often is thrown in with the gems people find in self-storage auctions. Bonnie Altenried said she fielded repeated phone calls from a tenant whose self-storage unit was soon to ...