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You need to realize that there is a little more liability when dealing with food that is potentially contaminated than other household items.

The first case of Ebola in the United States was confirmed on September 30, 2014 when Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed after traveling to Dallas, TX from Liberia. 

It really doesn't matter whether the house is clean and sparsely furnished or if a stage four hoarder lives there - the way you handle each job is basically the same.

The RIA kicked off its “Safe Harbor Initiative” last month, a campaign designed to educate its members on the specifics of the settlement reached over the summer in the patent lawsuit settlement with ThermaPure. As part of this initiative, the RIA hosted a Virtual Town Hall webinar on Tuesday, November 11 to discuss details of the settlement and take questions from Association members.

I am not telling you to stay out of reconstruction. But I want you to go into it, if you decide it’s a good fit for you and your business, for the right reasons.

Normally these companies charge a percentage of the total amount of the scope of repairs, but I have heard of them charging by the scope in some cases.

I marvel at the evolution of our industry over the last couple of decades. I believe we are operating in a time of great opportunity. 

 Logging destroyed items without a good system in place can definitely create a huge mess in a hurry. This is the part of the job that not only affects the homeowner the most financially, but emotionally as well. 

I charge by the item and according to value. For average everyday items, I charge by the hour using several different labor rates from Xactimate. 

Doesn’t every restoration company owner want to grow his or her business?