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After owning a successful mitigation and later general contracting company I stated to see too much money come across my desk and not enough fall into my bank account. How in the world was I the “Boss” and I could not afford to take a vacation but my employees always could.
Eventually I learned that files sitting on my desk waiting to get paid were worthless. I could tell myself how much I was billing but if it did not get paid it was just nice talk. Employees had to be paid. Subcontractors had to be paid, suppliers and equipment leases had to be paid. rent, utilities and truck payments all had to be paid.
It was my main job to keep the circus going and I was the last to get paid. Then I learned how to get paid and developed a system for dealing with unpaid invoices. Yes I said It they are invoices not estimates.
Yes everyone working in Insurance Restoration should know xactimate. But how much is your time worth? And how much is it worth if you are not writing for all the work performed? My estimate writers write thousands of estimates a year and I still have my first employee. Estimates are a moving target and as insurance policy change so do the conditions and exclusions and F9 notes needed.
Which is why my customers say we write invoices not estimates because estimates get arguments, Invoices Get Paid.
I am Inna, and I own and operate ScopeandEstimate a remote estimating writing services and I want to be your remote/in-house estimate writer, loss consultant and supplement writer.
Always available for a call my direct number is (773) 502-2856.
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Signed,
Inna B.