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When defending your bid and supplementing we keep hearing the old, that products incorporated into the waste factor. Here’s the crazy part: these products are not waste, they’re actually the opposite. Starter and ridge are completely separate products that you buy off the shelf separately. So here are a few ways that you can combat […]

Have you ever gotten so angry with an adjuster that you just blow up? It’s happened to me quite a few times early in my career when the money really really mattered to my family and I. It’s so frustrating to have to drive four and a half hours to have a code enforcement officer

Here’s a little information for new insurance restoration contractors coming into the business. I went from door knocking early on in my career, to running an insurance restoration company, to now being a part of Claim Juicer. I’ve been asked the question over and over again and if you’re watching this video, you probably have

Policy, one of the forbidden words for an insurance restoration contractor. Just saying the word reminds me of the Lion King when the hyenas say “Mufasa.” When trying to reach an agreement with an insurance company about their unethical scope of damage what options do you actually have? I got some advice early in my

What is Xactimate and why can’t we trust them? Xactimate is an estimating writing software in the insurance restoration industry and the impact it has is huge. The software was created years and years ago and has mutated into what actually feels like a conspiracy or insider trading. If you get into the details of

We at Claim Juicer have a tip for all you salesmen and service writers and trust me in the long run it’s going to make you thousands. It’s supplementing, I know you probably have an in-house supplementer or your boss uses an outsourced company to process supplements. It doesn’t matter, you are the first supplementer.

One of the easiest ways to get an insurance company to agree with your bid starts with the policy holder. Having the homeowner involved early in the claims process can pay some huge dividends and it doesn’t really have to be a difficult task. This is their second biggest investment in life besides family. It’s

I’ve had a lot of contractors tell me they’re frustrating stories about insurance companies and how they’re mistreating the policyholder and honestly them. This is completely normal and it does happen quite a bit but I’m starting to see a trend with contractors and it’s a trend that carries a very negative byproduct of unintentional

I just found a line item in Xactimate for shrub protection, nope. It actually doesn’t exist, they say it’s a cost of doing business but what if the property doesn’t have shrubs? Is that a cost of not doing business? This is a tactic that Xactimate uses to create an out for insurance companies to

If you’re an insurance restoration contractor you’ve had a check grow legs and if you haven’t you have to watch this video because it’s probably going to save you a bunch of money in the long run. When starting a project you’ll start it out for the ACV amount, you’ll do an amazing job on