Many small business owners assume that third-party logistics (3PL) is something only large companies can afford or access. The image of huge warehouses, long contracts and thousands of daily orders makes it seem out of reach for a start-up shipping a few dozen parcels a week. The truth is quite different. Today, 3PL services are widely available to small and growing businesses, and for many of...

Inheriting a home is rarely just a financial event. It usually arrives at a hard time, and it comes with a long list of questions you didn’t ask for. Who has the legal authority to sell? What happens with the mortgage? How do you handle the contents of the house? And how do you keep carrying costs from piling up while you figure it all out? If the property is in Manhattan Beach,...