Before Your Move
How to Prepare Your Furniture for Storage
While storing furniture is probably one of the last options most people would choose when they move, there are times when it’s the only option. If you need to store furniture with a storage service or moving and storage company, here are a few tips. Finding the Right Storage Services and...
Create a Stress-Free Move for Your Children
Moving to a new home is a busy, and often stressful experience. But as difficult as it is for adults, it can be much harder for young children, especially toddlers. Parents should know that when you’re moving with children, preschool-aged toddlers don’t react to unfamiliar circumstances the way older children and...
Changing Your Mailing Address
Whether you’re a first time home buyer or relocating to a new home or apartment for rent, moving can be chaotic. As you wade through moving boxes and supplies, check out moving and storage companies, load up the moving truck, and complete tasks on your moving checklist, don’t forget to...
How to Deal with the Stress of Moving
Moving to a new home can be a happy, exciting time, but it can create mega-stress. Some people sail through moves with little or no anxiety. Others reach stress levels that, according to healthcare professionals, are similar to going through a divorce or even a death in the family. If you’re...
Insuring Valuables Before a Move
When you’re getting ready for the big move and diligently whittling away at the items on your moving checklist – like connecting new phone service and television service, moving high-speed Internet, moving utilities, and transferring newspaper and magazine subscription, don’t forget one of the most important things of all --...
Moving Your Vehicles to Your New Location
What should you do with your car when you move? If you’re moving a nearby city, it’s easy to take your vehicle with you. But if you’re moving cross-country, it becomes a serious consideration. Here are a few tips to get your vehicle to your new home with as little...
Pack it Yourself or Have the Movers Pack for You?
Moving involves a lot of crucial decisions. One major decision is whether to pack your items yourself or have movers pack for you, as most moving companies offer packing and unpacking services. Whether your moving budget is ample or you’re trying to save money when moving, you might be surprised at the...
How to Advertise Your Home or Apartment Listing
If you're a home owner trying to sell a house as a "for sale by owner," or a landlord looking for new tenants for your apartment for rent, you're probably searching for economical ways to advertise. The challenge is to reach people actively trying to find a new home or...
Suburbs vs. City: Which is Best for You?
If you're looking for a new home, you've got a decision to make: whether to move to the city or move to the suburbs. Obviously, the answer to the question depends on what you want from your community - there's no right answer for everyone, just a right answer for...
Moving Insurance Information
There a lot of things going on at once when you're preparing for a move. If you're like most people, you're probably making your house or apartment moving checklist while standing earlobe-deep in mountains of moving boxes and supplies attempting to keep your household running smoothly amid the chaos while...
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Items
One of the best moving tips you'll ever find is to clear out your clutter before you move. Not only will it be great to have a clutter-free new home, but it can be an important factor when you're figuring out ways to save money when moving. Why pay moving...
Storage Options When Moving
There can be lots of reasons for using storage services when you move: you might be moving from a bigger home to a smaller house or apartment and are not ready to pare down your belongings; you may have a period of time between selling your old home and being...
How to Save Money When Moving
Moving is a big job under any circumstances, and unless you know someone with a good-sized truck and have lots of extremely nice friends, it can be a costly one. But if you want to keep your moving expenses down or save wear and tear on your credit cards, there...
How to Set Up a Moving Budget
So you're moving. There are lots of things to think about, but a good place to start is by setting a moving budget to estimate what your moving expenses will be. Your moving budget will depend on how you're going to move - whether you're going to hire a moving...
First Time Home Buyers - Do's and Dont's
Buying your first home is exciting. Instead of paying rent each month, you'll be building equity in one of the safest investments available - real estate. But for the first time home buyer, there are a lot of things to take care of - choosing a Realtor, getting a mortgage...
How to Move Your Cable Services
Relocation. Maybe you're moving across the country for your job, moving to the suburbs, or moving to the city, but relocating is heavy on the details. Some of these include canceling or transferring your cable service, utilities, newspapers, and magazines. You probably have a lot of questions like: How do...
Strategies for Packing
Packing. Ugh! If you've moved before you know that packing is one of the worst aspects of the entire process. When you think of wrapping and packing every item in your house, garage, and yard - from your king-sized bed, to your books and magazines, to the vegetable peeler -...
How to Find a Moving Company
Okay... moving isn't always fun. There are a lot of things to do in preparing for your move: moving your utilities, packing your belongings, updating your auto and home insurance policies, making sure your newspapers, and magazines make the move with you, etc. The list can seem endless. But no...
