News/Features/Updates
IRS Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2012
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the “Dirty Dozen” ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution at any point during the year but especially during tax filing season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to tax return preparer fraud. “Tax payers should be careful [...]
Buying a Foreclosed Home
When a homeowner defaults on their mortgage, the lender has the right to take over possession of the property-which is called foreclosure. The lender/mortgage company will then turn around and sell this property to get back as much money of the remaining loan as possible. Some things to consider before buying a foreclosed home is [...]
Repair or Replace Your Moving Truck
Given the difficult economic times, many movers (and other trucking companies) are keeping their vehicles longer. When a movers’ fleet gets old the choice becomes purchase new, purchase used or repair. There are pro’s and con’s to each depending on the movers’ financial stability, credit worthiness, and downtime tolerance. We’ll take a look at each. [...]
Finding a Mover From the Internet
Internet Moving referral lead sources can be useful but whether it’s a “find a mover” website or “rate a mover” referral type website that grades vendors there are some things to keep in mind. We’ll separate by the 2 main types and review. Find a Mover Website Most moving referral websites or “find a mover” websites [...]
3 New Year’s Resolutions if you are Moving this Year
New year’s resolutions are usually helpful like losing weight, or quitting smoking, but our list of 3 moving resolutions (for people who are relocating this year) can be time-saving and stress relieving. Our New Year’s resolutions break up into 3 areas; identify, organize, and discard. Identify Identify is the first step in the process. Identify [...]
Meeting Your Neighbors After You Move
When you move into a new community, neighborhood, or building, it’s a good idea to get to know who your neighbors are. Knowing your neighbors, and being familiar with your surroundings can provide a safer environment for you and your family besides building some new relationships that can last a lifetime. There are many different [...]
Protect your moving company and your customers from theft during a move
Protect your moving company and your customers from theft during a move Theft in the moving and storage industry has been, is now, and will always be a concern and a potential for loss. Whether its internal questions of employee theft of shippers goods, to theft of equipment and pads, to theft of a vehicle, … [Read More...]
New IRS Regulations Regarding Repairs to Tangible Property
In late 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long awaited, comprehensive regulations (The 2011 Regs) on the treatment of payments to “acquire, produce, or improve” tangible property. The essential question addressed is whether taxpayers such as moving companies, can deduct these payments up front as repairs under IRS Code Section 162(a), or if they [...]
Things You Should Not Say to a Moving Company
When getting a quote from a moving company, there are some questions and/or comments you should probably avoid. This doesn’t mean you have to tip toe around them and accept any quote you get, it means to exercise caution when interacting with your potential movers and understand how certain questions and/or comments are taken. [...]
Paying bills when you live with roommates
When you live with other people, you will want to have a plan that will make paying your bills effortless, tod help avoid late fees, cancellation of services, or other conflicts that could potentially arise. Each Person or Roommate is assigned to a bill. Put this in writing and split up who will have [...]
Storage Directory Coming Soon
Hi Everyone, We wanted to give our regular viewers an update on our site. We apologize for any problems we have had on the site with being able to use certain functions. We are currently working on a complete storage directory that will have every listing in the U.S.A available. There will be a function for all members [...]
Having a Successful Garage Sale
Moving into a new home can be great motivation for hosting a garage sale and turning unused items into some extra cash. If you have a lot of items to dispose of, you might want to have an estate sale. Having a garage sale is a lot of work, but here are some helpful [...]
