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As summer nears an end and fall approaches, the change in seasons introduces a number of pesky to-dos. Thankfully, many of these items can be outsourced, freeing up more time to enjoy the autumn leaves — or whatever it is that you do.

1. Winterize your home: Many handyman services offer a package deal where they come to your home and get it ready for cold weather.

When you have children, one of the most important things you can do is spend time with them. Using your outsourcing skills to get projects off the table so that you can do just that simply makes sense. One of the best reasons to eliminate the time-consuming tasks that wind up on your plate is family, after all.

The process of finding and hiring a new employee can be a lengthy one. But there are few steps that can’t be outsourced, at least in part. Here are 25 HR-related chores — from recruiting to writing job listings to hiring freelancers to creating an internship program — that can help you find a new employee without spending too much time on the process.

Over the course of the day, you do a lot of communicating — from making phone calls to sending emails, it may seem like all you ever do is communicate. And, for some of you, that’s absolutely the case. However, there are ways to streamline how you communicate by outsourcing different aspects — such as managing contacts, answering phone calls, and clearing your inbox — to the many professionals and tools at your disposal.

1. Managing contacts: There are a number of different tools out there that take address books

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Moving is one of the most stressful experiences you can go through, whether you’re packing up your house or your office. Not only do you have to get everything into boxes, you have to organize the unpacking when you get to your final destination. There’s a saying that three moves are as a good as a fire: things get misplaced or broken, you get stressed out and eventually, you may even wish that some of the items you are moving would catch fire.

1. Finding movers: It’s important to work

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You need to protect your intellectual property rights, but most people are not familiar with the legal intricacies that such protection can require. Just as it is your best interest to hire a tax professional to help you manage your income and business tax concerns, it is likely in your best interest to retain the services of legal counsel to deal with patent concerns too.

Many lawyers working on intellectual property cases specialize in patent law, from preparing applications to defending existing patents. This can involve everything from software innovations…