Kevin, I am in Pennsylvania. No license required, BUT.... firms and carriers want you to have a license, or lots experience. I got Fl and then Tx, for the recip, but I am not 'planning' on working too far away. What I found is that CAT work pays more, but you MUST have licensing for that state. So..... plan ahead guys. I dont feel the need to have ALL the licenses, but I feel you should get lots Exactimate training and lots experience. Even small, local jobs help. And I often offer small, local consult work, sometimes free, to get in with a adjuster firm or carrier or inside adjuster I want more work from. Plan ahead. Research. Watch EVERYTHING on Adjuster TV.
I use SPEECH to text for almost everything because of bad spelling. That being said I have helped people with Auto Body claims and have done a couple appraisals for others on auto body. I am looking into becoming an adjuster, will my reading and writing disability harm me if I use mainly VOICE TO TEXT for all input??
You are gonna have a harder time, and it will take you much longer to prepare your reports. However, it can be done, if you remember that most of the info is filling out the blanks for the carrier or the adjusting firm you work with. Also, you can get someone to help you with wording. Just use the "buzz words" that are common in you trade. And Exactimate is fill in also.
I dont know if they still offer it but I got my training through Eberl. The training was like $70. I passed my X1 Lvl 1 exam. I would apply to them for a job and look out for their emails for training offers. That's how I saw it.
I just finished my Adjusterpro Course. I am now waiting on my home state to process my license. I am excited to get started but am also feeling a bit overwhelmed. Trying to figure out which way to go in order to get picked up by someone willing to working with new adjusters with no experience.
I live in Kansas and have a Texas LLC for consulting. Do I need to get licensed in Texas since that is where my LLC is, or can I do a DHS out of Florida?
Need advice please. I just tested for adjuster license in California after studying for a month. I failed horribly. What can you suggest for study materials besides adjuster pro?
I don't honestly know of another one besides AdjusterPro. All state tests are pretty hard and I know that AP provides good prep for all states. I hate to say it but it may just require deeper study of the prep materials. It's not uncommon for people to fail those tests. I failed the State Farm cert the first time I attempted it and they had a ton of really good prep for it.
Should we take the California and New York license courses to prep for the exams since those require exams or is there a cheaper way to get those done/study for those?
I am a Florida and Georgia license holder. I’m thinking of getting Texas next and South Carolina since texas is helpful but I also have contacts in SC I can stay there for free/discounted cos I used to live there.
Hey Kevin! Dean here - wife behind the scenes! Great to have you following along. He mentors students inside his 'Fast Track To Deployment' IA Property Certification! adjustertv.com/certify
I'm a new adjuster. Almost a year in. Resident license is NC. I have a SC adjuster license as well that expires Aug 31. It's costing me more to renew my SC license than it cost to get it last year...is it like that with other states?
Get licensed in your home state first if they have a licensing requirement. Then go for Texas, Florida, New York, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and California. Then go for gulf states. If you have the money, he recommended getting the SE states - TX up through NC (TX, AL, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC). And everything else will basically fall after that.
