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Change is Tough
If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. ~Richard Branson Fighting upstream is hard. Being different is hard. Making real change is hard. The last couple weeks have shown me just how hard it is to be different. I had a potential client accept a...
Make My Pain Go Away: Choosing the right Contractor
How to make the SMART move when choosing a contractor. Choosing a contractor is tough, real tough. Most people don’t know where to start, so they do a quick Google search and get lots of bids. Let me tell you, that process is a sure fire way to fail. When someone...
May Newsletter 2013
May is here and it feels like June! Now before you break out the sunscreen, may I suggest you verify a different kind of coverage? This month's video illustrates how complacency in coverage can really burn. A tenant lets a water leak go unreported and only notifies...
Home Repair Advocacy for Insurance Repairs
"Insurance companies rely upon the ignorance of their own policyholders. An uninformed policyholder will rarely argue with an adjuster, because they don't know what they don't know." –Russell Longcore Insurance Claim Secrets Revealed! 2006 You're an informed consumer...
What Is an Independent Estimator?
It has come to my attention that most people don't understand just what it is that I do for a living. I'll admit that the term "independent estimator" is fairly ambiguous. It's not like I'm a plumber or mechanic. So here is a brief video explaining my role as...
Changing the Game
“Beginning in the 1990s... insurance companies reconsidered [their] understanding of the claims process. The insight was simple. An insurance company’s greatest expense is what it pays out in claims. If it pays out less in claims, it keeps more in profits....