Handymen in Kingsport, TN

Steve - Congratulations! The opportunity to help people is just around the corner for you! One of the best things you can continue to do is ask questions, network, and learn. The NACA Convention is coming up quick in January in Las Vegas. Here is a link with lots of information! This is THE BEST networking convention of the year. Why? Because you get more than one IA firm and one set of "peers" that drink the Kool-Aid. NACA is the mixing bowl of adjusters young and old, outgoing and reserved, tech savy and still flip phone, flood and property, liability and prior staff, from all over the country and so much more! Here is the # 1 reason I am passionate about NACA. NACA Members care about helping those who come to conventions, those who ask for help and those who are new in the industry! They have excellent discounts offered ONLY to NACA members. They have IA Firms that can tell you they come to NACA to find professional adjusters and send NACA members out on the storms first. And my other # 1 reason for being proud to be a member of NACA.... because we stick together like glue! During the storms if you are broke down, need gas, need help at 2 am, need policy guidance, then you have a lifeline to someone who is probably at the same storm as you. I could go on and on and on and on....because like you...I came from the construction side of the industry and this group helped shape me into the adjuster I am today! http://www.nacatadj.info/naca/html/convention.aspx

I have an online Xactimate class at www.2021 training.com. It is something you will need to know and know well. Congrats on your new license. Welcome to the world of adjusters.

I would recommend getting your HAAG certification. Also, check out NACA! (national Association of Catastrophe Adjusters). Lots of people on this page are members. It is a great place to network with IA Firms, other adjusters and mentors. Rebecca Wheeling Purcell is a member and probably could give you a lot of additional input too.

Steve Spotten, don't wait to get deployed before you know your estimating software. Be proficient with XM8 and be ready to roll. Being Level 3 certified is not going to get you deployed quicker, but taking a class for XM8 would be a good move on your part. I have never had an IA firm or carrier ask me what level of certification I had on XM8, that just ask if you use it, are you proficient and what version of it do you use. Try to get hooked up with someone locally to get your feet wet doing daily claims and maybe some ride alongs. Become a well-rounded multiline adjuster, it will make it easier for you to stay busy year round. To echo what Rebecca Wheeling Purcell said, NACA is a great resource for adjusters willing to learn and looking for a good network of adjusters.

John Dotson, before I go any further, please understand I highly respect your skills as an adjuster and your experience in our industry. Further I share consensus with you and Ms. Rebecca with regard to the advantages of being an NACA member. I respectfully disagree (to some degree anyway) with your statement of being level 3 certified in XM8 will NOT get a rookie adjuster deployed any quicker. I say to some degree because of course you are correct with IA firms rarely if ever asking if anyone holds a level 1/2/3 XM8 certification....PROVIDED (as with an adjuster with your experience and work product) said individual is an experienced/established claims adjuster. However with regard to our newly licensed brethren with NO experience, they are a liability to any vendor considering deploying them (simply because they are unproven) and vendors are gambling upon the rookie adjuster being productive. Let's face it, upwards of 60%+ of rookie adjusters will fail on their first and subsequently only deployment. The common denominator between these new adjusters washing out is lack of XM8 skills. With that, a rookie adjuster with umpteen certifications (outside of XM8 certs) yet no field experience amounts to pretty much a mouse fart in the eyes of the vendor. With that, a rookie adjuster (with NO experience) with the level 3 XM8 will stand out amongst their peers and fellow rookie adjusters. There are many things that can be learned out in the field, yet XM8 is NOT one of them. To the vendor, the level 3 XM8 certification takes away (to some degree) the fear of the rookie adjuster becoming a liability. Therefore it is my opinion that the level 3 cert will put our rookie brethren above their peers. Of course, once established the ONLY thing that matters is a solid command of XM8. For the established adjuster with a proven work product, the level 3 cert would amount to a (one more time) mouse fart

If you can find an adjuster to shadow for a little to see the process that really helped me out. If you can also find one during the off season to help go through Xactimate that would be better then finding an online site to many online "training sites" There a bunch that you can attend a class for 2-3 days that would be good and then you can network from there. Rebecca Wheeling Purcell is an awesome person and a wealth of knowledge and wont point you wrong direction.

Budget Handyman...Kevin is awesome. And he has great prices. My husband used to work there. He has a facebook. 4237655884

The best in this area is Price Roofing and Guttering. We had them come do ours and they do an excellent job and stand behind their work. They did my Mom's roof repair back before she passed away and they are honest as can be. They told her they coul...See More