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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
Utilities and big landlords handle overhanging limbs and disputed lines hundreds of times a year. The habits that make that work are mostly free to copy.
Continue reading Your Neighbor's Tree, Your Roof. The File a Utility Opens Before It Touches a Limb
Three ways to end a disagreement over a modest amount, costed properly. The one people dismiss out of hand is sometimes the correct answer.
Continue reading Small Claims, Mediation, or Writing It Off: Three Endings Priced Honestly
A boundary disagreement is the clearest example of a problem where an attorney is unnecessary for nearly all of it and genuinely essential for one specific part.
Continue reading A Fence Six Inches Over the Line Took Four Months and One Billable Hour
Most people start collecting evidence at the moment they realize they have a problem, which is precisely when the useful kind stops being available.
Continue reading A Photograph, a Text, and a Date: What Actually Counts as Evidence in a Dispute