If You’re A First Time Home Buyer, You Might Qualify For Help
If you’ve never owned a house, home buying seems particularly daunting. In places like California, where it’s tough to find anything below half a million dollars, it can mean having a downpayment of at least $100,000, and a credit score that doesn’t reflect your student loans and credit card debt. It makes you wonder how…
Continue ReadingWhat Is The ‘Average Move,’ And How Do You Stack Up?
Whether it be SAT scores, body size, IQ, or pretty much anything else that can be quantified, we want to know where we stack up. Moving is no exception. There are average moves and there is your move. How close to average are you? What is the Average Move? According to the American Moving and…
Continue ReadingHow To Sell Your Less Than Perfect Home Fast
If you’ve ever watched a home improvement show, you know that fixer uppers are a thing, and if a buyer is looking for a bargain, they should look for the worst house in the best neighborhood. If, however, you’ve taken a look at homes for sale in your neighborhood, it seems that most of them…
Continue ReadingHow To Figure Out If Moving Reviews Are Real
Twenty years ago, back when I started in the moving industry, there was no Yelp or Google. Believe it or not, people found movers by picking up the phone book and heading to the Yellow Pages. Surprisingly, that wasn’t the worst way to find a mover. The cost and relative permanence of ads essentially ruled…
Continue ReadingThere Are Some Things You Definitely Want A Professional To Move
It’s not great for our business, but we’re the first to admit that moving yourself is a lot better than many alternatives, especially if you are moving locally, and you’re on a very tight budget. There are some things, though, that are very difficult for individuals to move, and in those cases, we definitely recommend…
Continue ReadingEverything You Need To Make Moving Day (Almost) Fun
We know, you’ve been dreading your moving day for a while, but it doesn’t have to be complete drudgery. Here are some ways to make your moving day much more enjoyable, if not fun. Create a Great Playlist Everything is better with music. Create a playlist that will keep you energized and happy during a…
Continue ReadingSave Money On Moving Day With These Unexpected Tips
Every once in a while, we run into a customer for whom money is truly no object. For them, we offer our full white glove service, which includes packing, moving, and unpacking. That’s not the majority of our customers, though. The majority are looking for great service, but also to save money. Most do at…
Continue ReadingWhy People Move
When you began shopping for a moving company, it might have surprised you to learn that there were hundreds, even in your immediate area. There’s a good reason for that. People move…all the time. In any given year, about 40 million people move. That’s a whopping 14 percent of the population. Those of us in…
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Why Fewer Movers Isn’t Usually Better
As every moving consultant will tell you, there’s one very common scenario when people ask for... Continue Reading