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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.

FAQ: What Are IICRC CE Credits and How Do I Get Them?

What are IICRC CE Credits? IICRC Continuing Education Credits are credits received from courses that provide ongoing education for the restoration industry. If you’ve initially received restoration certification for an aspect of the industry such

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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How can you effectively train your team to be successful both in the office and in the field?    Training is an essential aspect of all companies. Consider two forms of learning to implement: synchronous learning

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Spaced Learning    This is a learning methodology where learners are given bite-sized chunks of content and are then presented with situations that require the learned information to repeatedly be used in different, creative situations. This reinforces what

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  Is it a challenge to get your team excited about training in any form?   Training can sometimes be low on the priority list for your employees.  There are many reasons for this, but

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  What Is A WRT Certification?   There are 30 different IICRC certifications in total. All these certifications range from restoration to cleaning. Which one is right for you? What do they all mean? Let’s

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