The offer refused in month two is often better than the outcome reached in month fourteen, once you count what the intervening year actually took out of you.
Continue reading Most people settle a dispute too late, and the reason is rarely the money
Spring brings the largest volume of home improvement work and the largest volume of disputes about it. Several of the useful remedies cost nothing at all.
Continue reading Five places to take a contractor problem this spring before you call an attorney
A dwelling limit set when the policy was written and never revisited is the most common form of under-insurance, and the clause that enforces it is easy to miss.
Worker classification is decided by how the relationship actually works, not by what either party agreed to call it. Several agencies get a vote.
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A floor can feel dry to the hand while the material under it still holds enough moisture to ruin everything above it two months later.
Continue reading Fans and a dehumidifier, or a proper dry out. The difference shows up in June
The chain that empties an account rarely starts at the account. It starts somewhere unimportant and works inward through things you set up years ago.
Continue reading One reused password, four accounts, and the phone number that let it happen