Done With this topic

you guys did rip on him a bit - in certain areas you cannot find jobs unless insurance is paying them - Sooner or later it will be every where - no more selling to the homeowner it will be to the insurance company -- then like i said working for them period.>>>

Each policy is different. Some homeowners that have a desire to save $$$ on premiums will take a big deductible or buy an ACV only policy. In some states such as TX, FL, AL, MS and many other coastal areas you have no choice but take a hurricane percentage deducible of 1% to 5%. In all honesty I really want to learn how to start my own roofing company just doing 3-10 roofs per month and staying home. Working as a commission ONLY salesman and then getting RIPPED OFF by some asshole is definitely NOT a turn on. But in the meantime I will do whatever I gotta do.>>>

John You gotta be tough with thick skin on this forum. There are a few vocal cynics here . At the ready to slice dice and tear up . Most either have nothing better to do or have black and blue diploma's and want to dish it out . Traps are laid out waiting for the unsuspecting to step on or in . I for one want to have you around . Hang in there pal. I hope this doesn't mean you are leaving.>>>

Welcome to the rooferscoffeeshop,you may come but you may never leave. :S>>>

Well I realized after joining that I should have used a fake name to sign up because I do not want any people in the insurance field to know I am sharing info in this forum. As I have not yet 100% made the move to becoming a Public Adjuster. If I ever cross the line then obviuosly I will not worry about it. :) >>>

Understood, but it just underscores why the closed ranks feature of the corporate modus operandi engenders such hostility, is in fact a magnet for hostility, and creates such mistrust, not that the ranks of the general public are swelled with angels mind you. But, come on...' insprojohn' could hardly be taken as a positive ID. Around here we make it a point to use only the King's English. That way people can't recognize us. Gotta do what you gotta do, but the less transparency, the less respect. We all find our own way. Maybe the best plan is to only share information you can afford to share and leave it at that. Perhaps speaking in general terms might fly where naming names wouldn't. Pick your battles, but always go for freedom. Honesty. Truth. Stuff like that. The world already has enough cynics and opportunists to last an eternity. No? Yes?>>>

I have experienced on this forum , in life corporate and private. An undercurrent of cynicism or sarcasm. Dished it out and taken plenty . On this forum , there is a feeling that some of the more ( not ardent ) cynical poster is measuring themselves against you, that they want what you have, that they hate their own life and are looking for something better..... That's life. Honesty is as egg and many other through out history know . Best>>>

This topic sure has a lot of replies for being done :blush: :blush:>>>

Steve This is one of the beauty's of this forum . There is exactly no definition of done . Some time it feels like someone might not be honest. Or someone or someones are assuming too much? Then there is the definitions formal, verb the past participle of do1 interj an expression of agreement: $60.00 seems reasonable, done! Adjective 1. (of a task) completed 2. (of food) cooked enough 3. used up: the milk is done 4. Brit, Austral & NZ socially acceptable: the done thing 5. Informal cheated or tricked 6. done in or up Informal exhausted So , IMO it isn't over till the fat lady sings . Now there isn't exactly a definition of who the fat lady is . What is a fat lady . What is she singing ? What do you think ?????? B) ;) B) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:>>>

Well I was an insurance agent/underwriter for 15 years. With the exception of one time in my life when I had the cheapest price in FL on a mandatory product for certain businesses to keep there occupational license the insurance field was a "Dead End" job for me.

So I decided that I wanted to become an adjuster. I got an adjuster's license but I did not know anything about construction or how to assess damage. Then someone told me that I should go sell roofs as it will teach me about roofing, gutters, drywall, painting, siding, and general exterior damage.

I have hoped to work as an adjuster but I do not believe that I will ever get the call from Independents unless they are "hard up" and then anyone with a license will get hired.

I have found selling roofs to be easy for me because I see it as an insurance sale. Unfortunately I have worked for a few scumbags that either never paid me or did not pay me or cheated me. So I do not want to prevent myself from being able to take an adjuster job if it were ever offered to me. But I am considering working for a Public Adjuster because I can honestly say that I do not like the insurance industry. I have a short term need for money so that I can achieve long term goals.

I might even start my own residential roofing company and get a group of good workers and build 4-8 roofs per months which will provide enough money for me and my workers to get by until something better comes along.

Anyway hope good things happen to all of you folks reading this post.