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A brown ring on a bedroom ceiling produced two very different inspection write-ups, and the difference decided whether the buyer could negotiate at all.
Continue reading One Ceiling Stain, Two Inspection Reports. Only One of Them Priced the Repair
Most yard projects fail at the water, not the finish. Here is what to settle with your contractor before the first pallet of stone is delivered.
Continue reading Patio Quote in Hand? The Water Questions to Settle Before Anyone Breaks Ground
An exclusion is a maintenance instruction written years before the claim. Five things to check in the form your insurer filed, and what each one asks you to do now.
Continue reading Five Checks on an Exclusion Clause That Change What You Repair, Not Just What Pays
Ten years ago you hired a person. Now you often hire a dispatcher who hires a person. Here is how to sort the upkeep jobs worth paying for, and who you are really paying.
Continue reading Paying Someone to Clean the Gutters? Find Out Who Is Actually Coming First
Small jobs carry almost the same fixed costs as big ones. Here is how hourly, minimum-plus-hourly, and flat-rate pricing each handle that, and which one holds up.
Continue reading Pricing a Two Hour Repair Call Three Ways, and Which One Stops Losing Money
Hourly pay rewards presence, salary rewards availability, and paying by the job rewards speed. Owners writing rules to correct behavior are usually correcting their own incentive.
Continue reading How Does the Way You Pay People Change the Way They Actually Work?