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The four things worth understanding before you sign a moving estimate. No sign-up, no email required.

• What a written interstate moving estimate must include

  The items federal rules require on the page, and what it means when one of them is missing from yours.

• Mover or broker: how to tell, and why it matters

  A broker sells the move; a different company performs it. How to tell which you are dealing with, and who is liable when something breaks.

• Binding vs. non-binding estimates, and the 110% rule

  The three estimate types, how far each lets your final bill move, and the two exceptions to the 110% rule people are caught by.

• Deposits, cash demands, and other FMCSA warning signs

  What the federal government publishes as warning signs of a problem mover, and the questions to ask about a deposit before you pay it.