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Understand your moving estimate before you commit.

Upload the interstate estimate you were sent. An independent review of the mover’s record, the terms you would be agreeing to, and the charges that carry no price.

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Michigan to Maryland · $8,450 estimate

Overall assessment

Significant concerns

Company role
Broker
Estimate type
Binding not-to-exceed
Deposit
Requested up front
Unpriced charges
6 listed

Key findings · 2 of 20 shown

Confirmed concern

The company that will actually move your belongings is not named

What we found

Your paperwork says this company is acting as a broker or coordinator, and no carrier is named on it.

What to do

Ask which carrier will actually move your shipment, and for their USDOT number.

Worth clarifying

6 charges named without a stated price

In the full report

All 20 findings · source evidence · why each matters · questions to ask · PDF copy

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Why this exists

Moving estimates are harder to understand than they should be.

An interstate move can cost thousands of dollars, but the paperwork can make it difficult to tell what you’re agreeing to, who you’re actually hiring, and which charges could change what you pay.

The Move Report was created to make that paperwork easier to understand before you commit. We review your estimate independently, check the company against official FMCSA records, and point out the terms and charges worth understanding or clarifying.

Four questions your estimate should answer

Every report resolves the same four, whatever your paperwork says.

Who are you actually hiring?

Whether the company on your estimate is the mover or a broker arranging it, and whether its authority and insurance are active in FMCSA's official records.

What could change your final bill?

Every charge your estimate names without pricing it — stairs, long carry, shuttle, packing, storage, fuel — and how far your estimate type lets the total move.

What are your belongings covered for?

The valuation your estimate actually gives you, in dollars. Released Value Protection settles at 60 cents per pound, so a 10-pound laptop is $6.

What should you clarify before signing?

A written list of questions tied to what is missing from your own documents, ready to send to the mover as it stands.

What the full report gives you

The free scan comes first. This is what the rest of the review adds.

Detailed findings
Each one labelled as a standard term, something to clarify, or a serious concern — so ordinary paperwork does not read like an alarm.
Source-backed evidence
The exact sentence from your document behind every finding, and the federal record behind every company check.
Questions to ask before signing
A numbered list drawn from what your own paperwork leaves open, ready to send as written.
A PDF copy
Yours to keep, print, or forward to a spouse, a parent, or a file. The report stays at a private link.

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Why not just read the paperwork yourself?

You can. The hard part is not reading every sentence.

The difficult part is knowing what matters, what may be missing, and what sits outside the estimate altogether.

The important part is often an absence
A charge with no price beside it does not announce itself. It looks like ordinary paperwork until someone counts what is missing.
The company's record is not in the document
Whether the authority on your estimate is active, insured and for household goods sits in a federal database, not on the page you were sent.
A broker is not obvious
A company can sell you a move it will not perform, and the estimate does not have to say so in words you would notice.
The terms are scattered
Payment, cancellation, valuation and delivery windows rarely sit together, and knowing which clause deserves a follow-up is the hard part.

Independent from moving companies

See How It Works for our methodology and limitations.

  • No commissions, referral fees, or advertising from moving companies or brokers.
  • Your move is never sold as a lead, and no mover is given your details.
  • Every finding shows its source — your own document, or the federal record.
  • Your uploaded document is deleted within 30 days.

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