A verified badge means we hold a current insurance certificate and the business agreed to be listed. Everything else is drawn straight from the registers. We do not rank providers and we take no referral fees.
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When my aunt was diagnosed with ALS, my sisters and I became her caregivers overnight. She had decided one thing for herself and would not be moved on it: she was staying in her own home. We were taken advantage of more times than I want to count.
Eventually we started checking every license and every insurance certificate ourselves, with the agency that issued it. Not the paperwork we were handed. The registry. It changed everything, and it should not take eight years and a death to learn.
So this is not a review aggregator and it is not a lead service. I confirm credentials against the registry that issued them, I publish the date I checked, and I publish what I deliberately do not check.
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After learning about the Maryland Door-to-Door Sales Act, I was able to get my mom back all the money she paid for a bad service.
I had no clue Montgomery County would reimburse me with a tax credit for some of the renovations I had to make for my mom to stay at home with me during her illness.
Having a list of vetted vendors was so useful as I managed my sister's care at home. I felt confident hiring someone, knowing Max had already checked them.
We never even thought it was possible to look up a vendor's information.
The Family Record File is one of the most useful things in the guide. It keeps me well organized.
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Listings are drawn from the registers that license each trade. A verified badge appears only after a business has signed a listing agreement and filed a current insurance certificate, so most listings do not carry one yet.
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