Checklists

Feeling frantic? Don’t know where to start? Checklists always help! (Did you know that Benjamin Franklin depended on them to make most of his decisions?)

ARRINGTON & Associates have a variety of lists available under Useful Tools. But the one which everyone loves, and other agents have used (with permission!) on their websites across the country, is this one!

MOVING CHECKLIST

The days after you make your move will be much easier with this handy list of "to-do's." These come from friends I've helped relocate to Maryland over the years. Feel free to print it out.

SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE TO:

Post Office
Credit Card companies
Subscriptions for magazines, software updates, etc.
Internet provider
Insurance companies with your continuing policies (medical, life)
State Motor Vehicle Administration
Clubs and mail order favorites
Companies with which you have time payments
Past employers to receive W-2 statements next year
Church
Alumni and fraternity/sorority organizations
Friends and relatives

DISCONTINUE SERVICE:

Utility companies (give forwarding address for deposit refunds).
Fuel supplier
Newspaper delivery services
Dry cleaner pick-up service
Cable television
Diaper service
Lawn care company

CLOSE OR TRANSFER ACCOUNTS:

Banks
Stores where you have charge accounts
Safe deposit box

COLLECT AND TRANSFER RECORDS FROM:

Schools
Doctors (including birth certificates, vaccination dates, and current medical and vision prescriptions.)
Employers
Dentist
Veterinarians (including health certificates and rabies shot records)
Lawyer (check to see if your will must be revised for a new state)
Financial advisors, stock brokers, accountant

TRANSFER:

Business licenses and/or credentials (some states have lengthy procedures and tests to complete)
Auto, fire, theft and personal insurance coverage
Memberships in organizations and professional associations

WHEN YOU ARRIVE:

File with Maryland Motor Vehicles Administration to get new driver's licenses. Register to get car license plates within 30 days of your move here to avoid paying sales tax on the current value of your cars.
Register to vote
Get library cards
Distribute transferred records to appropriate professionals.
Get safe deposit box.

Many professionals such as your doctors and lawyers may refer you to someone here. As you start to plan your move, fill out of change of address card for each account as you pay bills, and for each continued item, such as a magazine, as you receive it.

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NELLIE ARRINGTON, CRS
Associate Broker
nellie.arrington@longandfoster.com
410-715-2703
1-800-296-2513, ext. 2703
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
10805 Hickory Ridge Road
Columbia, Maryland 21044

© 2006 Nellie Arrington.  This website is not intended to solicit another broker’s clientele. Information herein is subject to change without notice, especially - but not exclusively - with regard to interest rates, and available houses for sale and their terms of listing. The site is supplementary to professional consultation.