| In 2003, I moved to Little Rock, AR, and I was | | | | paperwork, she handed me a packet of info to help |
| amazed with how helpful my new property manager | | | | with my move. Within that I found contacts for the |
| was. If you haven't moved recently, you may have | | | | electric, gas, telephone and water companies, along |
| forgotten all the joy associated with having to | | | | with the deposit fees required and installation charges |
| arrange to shut off your utilities, phone, cable, etc. | | | | I could expect to pay. There was a brochure from |
| and arrange to have them hooked up at your new | | | | the cable company with all the options available from |
| location. Then, you have to deal with mail forwarding, | | | | them, along with the pricing of their services. All of |
| finding new service providers for all aspects of your | | | | this info was in a great folder from a moving |
| life, and then deal with the move itself. When I made | | | | company with moving tips, in addition to having mail |
| a cross-country move in 1998 from MA to TX, I had | | | | forwarding cards that I could complete and return to |
| the luxury of being able to quit my job and focus | | | | my local post office. I was talking to her about my |
| solely on the move and on selling unwanted items. | | | | options for a mover, and she proceeded to open the |
| Now, as a solo business owner, I no longer have that | | | | Little Rock phone directory and found the name of a |
| luxury, and the processed caused a meltdown or | | | | moving company she could recommend, as well as |
| two. | | | | ripping out a discount coupon for them from the |
| However, my saving grace was my property | | | | back of the book. When I decided that I wanted to |
| manager.. The information and resources that she | | | | rent a PO Box as a business address for my |
| had available has greatly decreased the amount of | | | | business, I called her and discovered the branches of |
| time I'd need to find this info on my own, and in | | | | the USPS that are close to my new home. I can |
| some cases, she had her own contacts with some of | | | | honestly say that I've never had such a great |
| the companies. For example, upon my decision to | | | | one-stop shopping experience in my entire life! |
| rent from her company and completing the | | | | |