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46 short tips from the app. Each one has its own page, so you can send just that tip to someone who's moving.

Heavy things go in small boxes. Books in a big box won't lift, and the bottom gives out.Photograph the inside of a box before you tape it. Then you never open five boxes to find one thing.Measure a sofa's depth, not its length. It goes through the door on its side.Pack an Open First box and keep it with you: sheets, chargers, medicine, toilet paper.On a move between states, you have at least 9 months after delivery to file a written damage claim.Photograph every room of the old place, empty, before you hand back the keys. It's your proof for the deposit.The card at the top changes with your move: the next task, then the final week, then moving day, then unpacking.Tap the photo of your new home to see it full size; tap the street name for the place itself.Search finds what's inside a box. Say "kettle" and you get the box number, its photo and where it's going.Swipe a box to the side to check it off.The tape bar across the top shows how much is packed.New boxes start at the store you use, and "goes to" follows the room you pick. Change either one if it's different.Photograph the inside before you seal it. That one photo saves opening five boxes later.Each box can hold a list, photos, fragile and do-not-stack flags, and where it goes at the new place.The square code on the label holds only the box number. Scanning it never shows what's inside.Many Habitat for Humanity ReStores pick up large furniture for free. Book it through your local store.Measure once and every doorway you've measured gets a fit verdict for that piece.On an iPhone, "See it in the room" puts a life-size box of the piece's measurements into your room with the camera.The Salvation Army lets you book a free furniture pickup online with just your ZIP code.Many leases require a carpet-cleaning receipt from a company. A rented machine may not count.On a move between states, you have 9 months from delivery to file a written damage claim. The mover must acknowledge it within 30 days.Receipts for improving a home you own lower the tax when you sell it, even decades later. Keep them until 3 years after that year's return.Paste or type a mover's quote and it's read on this phone: fees, deposit, coverage, delivery window, and whether it's a broker.A mover offering a truck a day or two early isn't always doing you a favor. If you're not packed, you pay them to pack. Keep your date, in writing.Each quote earns stars from facts you can check, and loses one for every pressure trick.On a move between states, a mover can't demand more than 110% of a non-binding estimate to hand over your things.Keep every box under about 50 pounds, or under 40 if you're lifting it yourself. Heavy things go in small boxes.Enter the cubic feet you booked with your mover and the truck drawing measures against that.Boxes that ride with you, like Open First and medicine, aren't in the count for the movers.Mail forwarding doesn't update the IRS. Put the new address on your next return or mail Form 8822.Most states give new residents between 10 and 60 days to get a new driver's license. Your new state's DMV has the exact number.Home buyers rank a grocery store and pharmacy nearby first, then parks and trails. Your day one starts there.Tape one label on the top and one on a side, so it reads in a stack.The scan code holds only the box number, so a label never shows what's inside.Download the calendar file and every date goes into your phone's calendar with a reminder the day before.Lease end dates and your notice deadline show here too.Search covers your boxes, what's inside them, and every part of the app.Stays with me is everything that rides with you, not on the truck: medicine, papers, chargers, the first night.Each room fills with color as its boxes are packed.Search finds what's inside boxes, not just box numbers. Tap the microphone and say it.Swipe a box to the side to mark it packed, loaded or delivered.Every destructive change can be undone for 15 seconds.Everything stays on this phone. There's no account and nothing is sent to us.Your countdown can take its colors from the photo of your new home. It's in Display.The rabbit in the top corner has help for every screen, and can show you around it.Getting quotes gives each mover stars it earns from facts, and keeps a log of your calls.

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