How to Negotiate Higher Xactimate Estimates with Adjusters (Part 2)

How to Negotiate Higher Xactimate Estimates with Adjusters (Part 2) Considerations to make before making a first offer: If you know your Xactimate estimate is justifiable and can serve as a strong anchor, your estimate will pull the negotiation in your favor, and will help you achieve more desirable outcomes. What do we mean by […]

How to Negotiate Higher Xactimate Estimates with Adjusters (Part 1)

How to Negotiate Higher Xactimate Estimates with Adjusters (Part 1) 1. Make the first offer. The first offer gives you control of the negotiation. However, there are considerations that should be had before you make your estimate the first offer. These will be covered in a future blog post. 2. Create a strong anchor with your […]

3 Apps You Should Be Using In Your Insurance Restoration Business

3 Apps You Should Be Using In Your Insurance Restoration Business Dropbox: If you are not already using this software, you are losing. The cost is very low and it will ensure you can access your documents anywhere: laptop, phone, pc, and so on. It secondly acts as a de facto “backup” of your documents. Since, […]

Xactimate Macros: Your Friend and Your Enemy

Xactimate Macros: Your Friend and Your Enemy It seems that everyone agrees: Xactimate macros are great. Here are three cautions you should consider when using macros: Xactimate macros are general templates. they can be wonderful if a loss fits in exactly with your template. But honestly how often is that the case? Seldom, if ever. The […]

3 Ways to Think Like Xactimate

3 Ways to Think Like Xactimate 1. Account for each and every activity that you are performing on a job. Xactimate is full of seemingly small incidentals that — in the aggregate — can increase the amount of revenue you can generate on a job tremendously. 2. Always update your pricelists. Pricelists change from month-to-month. You […]