Great Content! Thank you for such great information! I'm going through your playlist now on getting started. I live in Minnesota and I'm trying to get into adjusting within the next two years. Based on what you said I need to save and the training I'll need, It'll probably take two years, but I do plan on slowly accruing everything you mentioned during this time-frame vs starting it all at once. In my mind, it will be very much worth it. Right now I work as a loan analyst for Wells Fargo where it's pretty much entry-level, and dead-end, unless you want to go into management, which I don't. So for me, and it's a long story how I heard about insurance adjusting, this seems like a perfect career for me to start doing something I could be great at and make solid money from! :)
Thanks, Duane! Yeah, upward mobility in the corporate world can be a bit of a moving target, as I'm sure you know. Let me know if you have any questions and keep us posted on your journey!
I have heard the first step after getting licensed is getting certifications and on IA rosters. Where does that rank in your order of "after the license"?? In fact, if you already have a video on certs and rosters ( I didn't see one), please put the link in your reply and if not, would you consider making a video solely discussing this process?
I’m currently working on getting my license and I have a quick question. You talk about not quitting your day job and just doing photo assist gigs whether it be property or auto. I’m just curious how I might find opportunities like that and how that would work around a full time job? Thanks.
Hey, CTBF.. With the photo assist stuff you can accept or decline jobs and in some cases set your own schedule - or at least take assignments that are scheduled on your days off or after hours. Check out: wegolook.com inspectorsondemand.com And if you can find other easy to get/easy to quit work that you can replace your full-time gig with, that's another way to go. I know that you and I are overqualified for most of that kind of work.. but the way I look at it is this: I'm happy to tend bar or deliver pizza if it'll keep the lights on while I'm gearing up for a job that can pay me high 5 figures+. It's a trade off and sometimes we have to take a a step or two back in order to take six steps forward. But everybody's situation is different and that's a hard thing to do if you've got mouths to feed, company insurance, etc.
Thank you for the great video! I recently found your channel and have found it to be very informative. You may have answered a question like this before, but I have retail and construction based experience but no college degree. I wanted to get my license here in Georgia and would love to get trained in Xactimate, but do you think it would be possible for me to find work without a degree?
Hey, Jade.. Yes, absolutely. All you really need to become an IA is a high school diploma (or equiv). I worked as a staff field adjuster for a major insurance company a few years ago and they told me (cuz I asked out of curiosity) that even THEY wouldn't disqualify an otherwise great candidate because they didn't have a AA/BA.
Had to take a break from adjuster pro training. Great content here. How busy are you staying thus far in 2019 with deployments? How much work is there for the average cat adjuster so far this year?
I worked as an adjusters assistant during Katrina recovery. I now own a home inspection business and have a real estate license. So the question for me is do you think I have the essential training other than the licensing to jump into this business as an actual adjuster myself?
Great question: a new adjuster needs to have a basic understanding of policy, construction, scoping, estimating/software, and customer service. The job can be highly repetitive so lots of practice on ones ow time is important as well
Depends on what kind of training you're looking for. By that I mean, where are you at? Do you already know how to use Xactimate? Do you have a lot of construction knowledge already? None of that?
@@AdjusterTV I have just signed up for the adjusterpro prelicensing exam materials and will be going through that. After that I was going to look into getting Xactimate training. You had mentioned getting at least level 2 certified and I was wondering where I could find a reliable source for that.
