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Published completion and placement rates are averages over a denominator somebody else defined. Four people adjacent to the decision can tell you what the number leaves out.
Delays in a linked sale rarely come from one slow party. They come from four or five structural dependencies, and the waiting has a monthly price you can calculate.
Continue reading First Time Selling? What Actually Puts a Chain on Hold, and What the Waiting Costs
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
A traffic citation moves faster through the system than it did ten years ago. Here is what to gather before the first consultation so the meeting produces a plan instead of homework.
Continue reading Ticket in Hand and One Meeting Booked? Five Things to Bring So the Hour Counts
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