One Month Before Moving Obtain an IRS Change of Address form, call 1-800-829-1040. Gather moving supplies, boxes, tape, rope. If moving far away, make any necessary travel arrangements like airline, hotel, and rental car reservations, or plan your travel route if driving. Call a moving company or make truck rental reservations to move yourself. Finalize …
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Making a Move With Your Dog
By Alexey Kazaryan Often when we move, we’re so busy with packing and preparing for the move that we forget to give proper attention to our pets. Making a move with your dog, like for many other pets, to a place with new sights, sounds and especially smells can be a challenge or even a …
Top Ten Relocation Headaches
Not Having Enough Details & Demographics About Your New Hometown Gather as much information as possible about your new destination, from sources such as the internet, Chamber of Commerce newcomer packages, location magazines and your real estate professional. Not Having Your Home Priced and Ready to Sell Check your home thoroughly for all needed repairs …
5 Things You Can Learn From Driving By A House
While the internet a is wonderful resource for today’s home shopper – there are still some things an old fashioned drive by can do that the internet can not! It’s very easy to get wrapped up in a home’s features listed online – here are a few important things you can learn just by driving …
Setting Up Utility Services for Your New Home
In the midst of leaving your old residence, don’t forget to plan for important details in your new home — like setting up all the utilities you need to be comfortable there. Read on for our checklist of what to do in order to have these services ready when you need them. Two weeks before …
7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Relocate
From Dawn Rosenberg McKay, Your Guide to Career Planning http://careerplanning.about.com You may be thinking of relocating to a different part of the country. You may have many reasons for wanting to leave your current home, but it’s not just like you can pick up and go. You’ll have to find a job in your new …
Relocation Issues for Kids
by Shelley Seale, RPSRelocation.com Every year, one out of five American families move. One of the most important issues to anyone with kids is their reaction to the news that they’re moving and their adjustment to the new home. Being informed is very important to children. One of the worst mistakes we can make as …
Making the Move Easy on the Kids
Moving from one house to another is seldom easy and fun for adults, and it can be especially troubling for children. But if parents deal with their children’s concerns and needs thoughtfully, much of that distress and discomfort can be avoided. Children see moves differently than their parents do, and they benefit much less from …
Selecting a Relocation Professional
To begin your search for the right person to represent you in a home sale, ask a colleague or friend for a recommendation, preferably someone who has used the real estate agent’s services. You want an agent who is familiar with home sales in your price range and in your neighborhood. It is essential that …
Relocation Considerations
Consider this common scenario faced by many employees: Your supervisor calls you into her office on a Friday afternoon and asks you to transfer to the New Jersey office. She says the new job includes a $10,000 increase in salary and loads of potential “in the future.” She gives you the weekend to think about …
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