Should I Trust a Company’s Own Reviews on Their Website?

Short answer, no, not on their own. Not because they’re necessarily fake, but because a company choosing which reviews to put on their own homepage is a company curating their own highlight reel, and nobody puts a bad game tape on their own website. If you’re using on-site reviews as your only signal, you’re only … Read more

What Should I Ask About the Waiting Period Before I Buy?

You sign up for a home warranty, pay your first month, and figure you’re covered starting that day. You’re not. Every company builds in a waiting period before your first claim is actually eligible, usually somewhere between 15 and 30 days, and if nobody mentions it upfront, you find out the hard way. My neighbor … Read more

What Happens if the Assigned Contractor Won’t Show Up?

This is a real problem that doesn’t get talked about enough, and it’s not the homeowner’s fault when it happens, even though it can feel that way in the moment. Sometimes the contractor a warranty company assigns to your claim either delays scheduling indefinitely, shows up and does a rushed or incomplete job, or in … Read more

Will a Home Warranty Repair My AC or Just Replace It?

Honestly, this is one of those questions where the real answer is “it depends,” but not in a way that’s unhelpful once you understand who’s actually making that call and why. The short version The company decides, not you, and they’re going to lean toward whichever option costs them less while still technically fixing the … Read more