I am trying to get in to this line of work as I'm currently a truck driver with my first child on the way and I want to be able to soend time with them instead of just providing. Your videos have been a great resource. Thanks
irrelavant13 hey thanks! I know how tough it can be to get into this business and how appealing the potential income is. I’m just trying to be a light in an otherwise dark room.
I first want to say I have literally watched all your videos I love them thank you. I am inspiring to become an Adjuster. I graduate with my degree in 3 months and hope to get my license next month. I have prior military experience I also have customer service experience and also 1 year of construction experience. Are entry level positions possible to get? What would you say would be the best route for me? Thank you again for the great content and videos excited to see your next video.
Thanks Cody! You’re pretty well qualified. If you’re interested in cat property as an IA, get signed up with the big ia firms and then hang loose. This season is off to a slow start. If you’re not already, come on over to Facebook.com/groups/AdjusterTV we do a lot of q&a and talk about this stuff there.
Facebook.com/groups/AdjusterTV Come on over and ask your question in there. Many IA firms work across state lines so I don't know specifically of anybody except maybe BrightClaim
Irma was the first storm where all the companies I was estimating for pulled satellite measurements automatically at their cost. They all used Gemini which imported the sketch right into xactimate. It was a pleasant addition and huge time saver. I have been making hand drawn sketches for years and then re-drawing them in xact. I use a different method but not too far off from yours. A good video to make for noobs would be which measurements to take on a roof. I think some guys don’t know what they need to measure.
Too bad half of the houses there were too covered in trees to use the eagle view. I'd recommend to anybody getting into the business to learn how to physically measure a roof, sketch it on paper and then sketch it into XM8 before considering a deployment to Florida. Otherwise... 2 weeks TOPS! I believe half of the 99's washed out from that single inability alone.
Hey, Coby.. To find the areas of a regular hip roof, you'll have to find the areas of two right triangles and two trapezoids [If you go to about minute 5-ish for this example]. The formula for the area of the triangles is base x height / 2. So you'll need the longest rafter length and the gutter along the bottom of that slope. For the trapezoids, the formula is base1 + base2 / 2 x height. So you'll want the main ridge length across the top for base1 and the gutter across the bottom for base2 (this is the longer of the two bases) and then the common rafter length.
