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Any time you’re juggling a lot of things at once you’re apt to make a few missteps. And while to err is human, moving has a tendency to be stressful enough as it is. The least amount of moving mistakes you can make, the more pleasant (and cost effective) the entire process will be. There are plenty of things in life that are better to learn the hard way, for example: cooking, calculus, and driving a car. But  how to move  is not one of those things. The more you can learn about what you should and shouldn’t do before your next move, the better your move will go. So read on to learn the eight moving mistakes you should be careful not to make, and how to keep them from happening. #1 You don’t do enough research on a moving company Moving companies are plentiful, but not all of them are created equally. To find the right professional movers for the job, you need to get referrals, read reviews, and actually call up a few different companies for information and estimates. ...

1) . Start preparing early. If you’re moving within the month, boy… I hope you’ve started preparing already. Moving is a lot more time-consuming than you may think. Think about your kitchen alone. How many cabinets and drawers you need to pack up? Yeah, make sure you give yourself plenty of time to pack up, especially in case something unexpectedly comes up. Do NOT save packing until the day before. Your friends and family will be cursing you on moving day. 2. Clearing the clutter. One of the easiest ways to start packing is to start with the clutter. Clean off countertops. Clean out closets. Get rid of the overwhelming mess first. 3. Keep it or pitch it. And while you’re clearing up the clutter, decide what you need to keep and what you can pitch (or donate). Do you really need that little broken end table in the new house that you have been meaning to fix for the past 5 years? Or the ping pong table in the basement that no one has played… like ever? Yeah, might want to donate...

The FMCSA has recently  asked for feedback on its consumer database , and we urge you to respond as we use this database all the time in identifying reputable and fraudulent moving companies. The FMCSA is asking for ways to improve this database and its functionality and types of record keeping. Personally, I’d like to see them combine the information on their safety page, complaints page, insurance page, ownership page and authority page all into one, so it makes it easier to identify the characteristics of a company, and who owns it. It might make for a longer page, but at least you would have all the information at your fingertips. The biggest difficulty that I find in trying to track down is going everywhere you need to go to find all the information you need to verify that a mover is reputable or fraudulent. It’s almost as if the system were designed to wear the consumer out in researching their mover. If you think about it, you really need to visit a minimum of 3 dif...