The storage game in Houston is probably the same as most larger cities, we have about 50-70 regulars that have having been buying units for years. Up to December 2010, it was a great business to be in. The game has definitely changed with the amount of people in attendance since the storage shows premiered. It has been tougher the buy a unit at a good price.
Locating the auctions in our area is pretty easy, there are two really good information sources. There is one business newspaper in town that covers a good portion of the auctions in Houston, but they only advertise the auctions of their customers. The good thing about this source is that its free, the bad thing is that they advertise to the masses and most of their auctions have 50-100 people there and you just can't buy a unit for a good price with that many people at an auction.
Storage Auctions Houston is a great source for storage auction information. We are the only source that covers 100% of all storage auctions occurring in the greater Houston and surrounding areas.(usually over 400 in all) What makes us really different is that we list 25-40 auctions per month that cannot be found on any other website. These are the auctions you want to go to because attendance is minimal. Check us out.