No. I'm Atlanta-based and I'll travel when it matters. I'm only a flight away from anywhere and Mini loves a trip to the airport. This works remote, and that suits most of my engagements with a drop-in trip once or twice where it makes sense for us both.

No. You're hiring me, and I'm who shows up. That's the whole point of the model. No bloated retainers, no junior person doing the work while a senior name is on the invoice. It also means I take three or four engagements at a time. When I'm full, I'll tell you.

It will. Every scope of work I write has a section for what's included and a section for what isn't, and that second section is usually just as long. When something new comes up, we swap. You tell me what comes off the list to make room. That's not me being rigid. It's me making sure you get the thing you actually hired me for instead of a diluted version of everything.

One of a few things. Think of it like a dessert menu. The work is done and we're finished. That's a good outcome, not a failure. We extend short-term, say 30 days, to round out a project. We sign another three months. Or we don't, and you keep everything. I don't write year-long contracts. If I can't deliver value in three months, you should be asking why.

Project engagements: half at signature, half at the midpoint. Work starts when the first payment lands. Fractional: invoiced by the first Friday of the month, due by the 7th. Your controller knows that date because it's in the contract. You're not chasing an invoice to find out when it's due. Advisory: paid up front, booked at your pace.