Several states and the Federal government now require household goods property movers and brokers to be licensed to perform certain local, intra- or interstate hauling or relocation services.

Compliance requirements can vary depending on your location. In addition to the list of applicable state regulations you’ll find here, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), an arm of the U.S Department of Transportation (DOT), provides a wealth of useful information regarding...

You’d think it’d be obvious that anyone shopping for moving and storage services would want to check out any company that they were planning to surrender all of their worldly possessions and life’s memories to.

The process of ‘moving’ has always conveyed change – either a physical transfer of motion or action, or an emotional response. Unfortunately, the personal life changes affected by the process of relocation planning can become so overwhelming for some that...

Think about it. You wouldn’t hire a company on the other side of the state much less the other side of the country to clean your carpets or hang new drapes. When shopping for a local, intrastate or long distance interstate service provider, you're best served when you find someone based in your community who is part of an established area business, or represents a well recognized national chain.

The phone book used to make this task easy. With many companies now moving their...

Eighty percent of those looking for more affordable relocation or storage options will turn to their computer to search for the best value in a mover. Problem is most people don’t know what criteria to use when looking, or, worse, how to determine whom they should trust inside their homes.

In this type of environment, moving simply becomes a commodity…and the online marketplace becomes an unsafe media outlet where gullible consumers become easy prey to the aggressive Web...