Ok finished the home and garden show for the fall. After returning from Afghanistan (after 15 months) I have invested roughly $2600 (2000 pieces of rack cards & tri-fold brochures, logo's & shirts, 3 panel banner stand, contracts etc..) to get this far. Granted many are not in a position to d...
I was wondering if the Home Inventory for a customer could possibly be tax deductible? I am reading a Marking book, and they say that people tend to go with services that are tax-deductible. It is just added incentive. ~Meg
I am looking for data from the last 5 years or so detailing home fires, property loss, fraudulent claim costs, etc. Pretty much anything relating to our industry. I am having trouble finding this type of info. If anyone has great research skills to point me in the right direction, I would be very gra...
Greetings all, For those of you who use other people to help with your business, how have you determined what to pay them? I'm still putting together my business plan, but will be using a couple of people I know I can rely on to help or do the inventories; I'm planning to use them as contractors, not emplo...
I still don't see what the benefit is of joining nahip besides adding the logo to my website,,,what exactly is in the member area of the website??? are there hidden benefits that i dont know of ?? to me it doesnt seem worth $144 just to add the NAHIP logo.
We're thinking about including a feature on New Year's Resolutions of home inventory professionals as it relates to the business in the January issue of The Inventory Standard and we'd really appreciate any resolutions that the forum members are willing to share. You can submit your resolution (...
I am curious about how other inventory specialists hand unusual situations. For example, how do you handle the situation when a client has a dangerous pet or a reptile for a pet? I know we advise the client to keep the dog in another part of the house or somewhere safe. But if you have a real concern abo...
Hello everyone, in the client info. package/folder, besides the information in the resource cd that says client info. package and the protection plus program, what else would you include in the folder...Thanks in Advance.
I did some research because one challenge for Home Inventory Service professionals is not having our own category in the Yellow Pages. The Yellow Pages is based on the federal government's NAICS system. Here is a basic overview of the system: The North American Industry Classification System (NAI...
SCORE (Service Cors of Retired Executives) is a free government program offering advise and mentoring for new businesses. They have just recently begun offering free online training as well, including programs on business planning, financial management, marketing, tax compliance, and more....
Hello everyone, I was wondering how everyone is doing (or is going to be doing) the annual updates or any other type of updates. Are you actually going back to their house or accepting emails from them and how are you charging them, especially if you accept emails? If you accept emailed updates, do y...
One thing that I'm still not sure how I'm going to handle is the issue of confidentiality and privacy of the client's info. I know there are several ideas out there ranging from completing the entire process onsite, to retaining all the client's info on your office computer to facilitate easy update...
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