About Mendlog

The product

Mendlog is a tool for homeowners to log repairs, appliance ages, warranties, and contractor contacts over the years they own a home, then export a clean maintenance history when they sell. The idea is simple: the record is easy to keep as you go and nearly impossible to reconstruct later, and a documented home answers questions a buyer would otherwise discount for.

It is a structured data entry and reporting tool. There is a free tier, and paid plans for unlimited records, reminders, and PDF export. See the homepage for what each plan includes.

Who writes the guides

The articles are written and edited in house by the Mendlog team. They are published under the Mendlog name because it is a small operation, not a publication with a newsroom, and it seems more honest to say so than to invent a masthead.

We are not attorneys, appraisers, engineers, or licensed agents, and the guides say so wherever the topic touches law or professional judgment. What we can do is read the primary sources carefully, cite them, and tell you plainly when something widely repeated online does not hold up.

How the guides are researched

These rules apply to every article on the site:

• Primary sources first. Where a rule comes from a statute, agency handbook, or published report, we read and link that source rather than another blog summarizing it. Examples include the Fannie Mae Selling Guide, HUD Handbook 4000.1, state disclosure statutes, and the annual Cost vs. Value and NAR Remodeling Impact reports.
• Unverified numbers are labeled. When a figure circulates widely but traces only back to companies selling the related service, we say that in the article instead of repeating it as fact.
• Sources are listed on the page. Research-heavy guides end with a Sources section naming what was checked and what each source supports.
• Dates are shown. Each guide carries a published date and a sources-verified date, so you can see how current the research is.
• No affiliate links or paid placement. When we compare tools, including competitors, nobody pays to be listed and no link earns us a commission. Where Mendlog appears in a comparison, we say what it does not do.
• Practitioner sources are credited. Where a guide draws on public discussions among real estate agents, it says so and quotes them directly.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, out of date, or missing important context, we want to fix it. Email [email protected] with the page and the correction. Rules change, and a guide that was accurate last year may not be this year.

Contact

General questions, support, and press: [email protected]. You can also browse all guides.