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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
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
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?
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