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The Reets Blog

The Reets Blog is designed for you, the restoration contractor. Please check back if you are an owner, estimator, marketer or even a tech! We have crafted this blog to answer questions, give suggestions for profitability and inspire where we can. RDA is all about helping you reach your goals.

Reets TV Streaming: Online Restoration Training

Reets TV Streaming is online water restoration training re-imagined!   Here at Reets Drying Academy, we’re constantly trying to think outside of the box and to play our part in making our industry the best

  What Is the Difference Between Reets TV Streaming and Reets TV Enterprise?   We’ve recently launched Reets TV Streaming and Reets TV Enterprise. As a result, we’ve received the question: “What’s the difference between

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  “We’re not going to pay you for PPE because that’s the cost of doing business?”   Has anyone ever said that to you? Is that really true? What does “the cost of doing business”

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What is an IICRC WRT Certification?                                             1:01            

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  Do You Want Some Money?   Are you a current Reets TV subscriber? Want a chance to get your next renewal for free? Check out our new Reets TV Referral program!   Here’s How

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Inconsistency is Bad News in All Scenarios   Inconsistent relationships Inconsistent internet connection Inconsistent customer service Inconsistent weather Inconsistent traffic To these we say:     So if we hate inconsistency in so many aspects

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  Show of hands… do you like change? How do you feel about technology?   Experts agree many dislike or even hate change. This can be for good reasons (uncertainty, fear of failure, fear of

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  1. Weed out the quitters   Stop wasting precious time and money on new technicians that don’t stay! Reets TV Streaming provides reliable, IICRC standard training, available at any time and virtually on any

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  Do you think good help is hard to find in this industry?   Don’t worry, you’re probably a great worker or owner. Yet, turnover is still an industry wide issue, even with estimators. So

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  This month, 2 changes were made to the Xactimate prices list that you will want to note:   WTRCABLDS and WTRCABLDSA. (Can you guess what these line items are just based on the Xact code?

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Did you know there are over 27,000 Xactimate codes and counting?   Each month Xactimate adds more line items to the price lists. When estimating water restoration in Xactimate, we normally are dealing with WTR, HMR,

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  Did you know that your technicians have something in common with a mitigation truck?   Follow me on this one. Let’s say you purchase a mitigation truck. Why do you purchase that mitigation truck? You

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Are you: Struggling to get paid on your restoration estimates? Struggling with negotiating with adjusters? Here’s a free eBook with 5 great tips that will help you stop struggling and help you get paid for

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IICRC has approved long distance learning via Livestream. This means that you can get IICRC certifications online! At Reets Drying Academy, we pride ourselves for offering some of the

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  2020 has thrown us quite a few curveballs, hasn’t it? In the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve had to come to grips with missed celebrations, missed moments with family and friends, and missed opportunities. 2020 has

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  Can We Use Social Distancing To Improve Efficiency and Profitability?   Social distancing…. words a few short weeks ago we wouldn’t have put together. But here we are! Social distancing is a very real

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Seemingly Small Mistakes Create Huge Issues! Why?   When writing estimates, there are only a few things that make up the final price: your sketch/measurements, your scope of work and your unit pricing. Each one

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  Everyone in your company should read and know the s500.   Why? Because that is how we establish proper standard operating procedures. Each time the IICRC s500 is updated, we should be looking over

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What does an Xactimate Line Item Include? In order to know what a line item includes and whether we are using it correctly, we need to learn how to really dig into the line items.

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  Are you an estimator that knows it all? Seems that should be a good thing. Nope!   Not many people know it all! I know I don’t…… from what I’m told. There is always

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  “We add items to the estimate that we know are going to get kicked out to give the adjuster something to do.”   Do you do this? It’s something I have heard a lot

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