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What questions should you ask your real estate agent when buying a home?
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Actual Cash Value (ACV) or Replacement Cost – What’s the difference?
Whether your Insurance Policy allows for Actual Cash Value or Replacement Cost is likely to have a large impact on your claim. Do you know which you have? Insurance policies are confusing to most homeowners, full of complicated terms, coverages, and limitations. One of the most confusing distinctions for homeowners is the difference between Actual…
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Things everyone should do when moving into a new house
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Ice Dam: What Should I Do?
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What can happen when you leave your home unattended?
When you leave your home for an extended period of time, you hope nothing happens to it, but what if something does? Whether you’re going to be traveling for work for an extended period of time, or closing up a summer home for the season, vacant properties are prone to issues. This only intensifies when…
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How to Reduce Business Downtime During a Claim!
Business Owners: Be Prepared. Don’t Wait Till After You Suffer a Property Loss to your Business! Speed is critical when you have suffered Water, Fire / Smoke, or other damage to your business / commercial property. Delays cause your business additional expense at a time when you are often already suffering financially. This additional expense…
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Tips for saving money on your remodel
Who doesn’t want to save money on their home remodel? Here we’ll go through some opportunities that you may have to reduce project cost! When planning a home remodel, the scariest thing to most people is the potential for busting the budget. This is a legitimate concern, as little things can add up quickly. But,…
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January is National Radon Action Month!
In an effort to increase awareness of the dangers posed by Radon gas, the United States EPA has designated January National Radon Action Month! Radon is known as the silent killer because it is not only the second leading cause of lung cancer (second only to cigarette smoke), but also undetectable without special equipment, as…
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Certified – Licensed – Qualified: What does it mean?
You may have heard Contractors, Mitigation Firms, and Cleaning Companies refer to themselves as Certified, Licensed, and Qualified, but what does that mean? You have likely seen contractors, mitigation firms, and cleaning companies that refer to themselves as “certified”, “licensed”, or “qualified” in advertising and correspondence. Some companies even use these terms in their names!…
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What should your Home Inspector look for?
When you’re buying a home, the home inspection is extremely important. But what should your Home Inspector look for? Your home is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. Unfortunately, this investment can potentially have a lot of issues, which is why having a home inspection performed by a qualified and detailed Home Inspector…