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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
The first week of funeral arranging has a real sequence, and the memorial decision sits later in it than most families are led to believe.
Continue reading Arranging a Funeral This Week? The Order the Decisions Actually Have to Happen In
Licensing quietly settles who can treat you, who pays, and where a complaint goes. Here is how to tell the license from the certificate before the first appointment.
Continue reading A Wall of Certificates and One License. Which One Actually Decides Your Bill
The order matters considerably more than the effort, and two of the steps take under a minute each. Almost all of the eventual cost is set before lunchtime.
Continue reading Water Is Coming In Right Now and the First Two Hours Decide Most of the Cost
The mechanics of finding somebody have changed almost completely in twenty years. The part that decides whether the hire works has not moved at all.
Continue reading Twenty Years Between Two First Hires: What Changed and What Refused To
The first week of arranging a funeral runs in a fixed order, and at each step a specific disclosure is owed to you before money is committed.