Mark R Shapiro

How to Stage Your Home for the Real Estate Appraiser

How to Stage your Home for the Appraiser? by Julie Oelckers, QualityFirst Real Estate You finally got a firm and acceptable purchase offer for your home. The paperwork is signed. No more open houses! However, it is not yet time to celebrate. The Ap... Read >

What are the three top mistakes that home buyers make?

What are the three top mistakes that home buyers make? By Bill de Ridder, President - QualityFirst Real Estate In today’s very tight real estate market, buyers are making mistakes that can cost them lots of money, time, and even the home they really ... Read >

When Mortgage Servicers Handle Hazard Insurance Claims In-House: Four Best Practices

When Mortgage Servicers Handle Hazard Insurance Claims In-House: Four Best Practices by Ronald R. Reitz CPPA There are many processes a mortgage servicer should keep an eye on relative to their hazard insurance claims responsibilities. Being proa... Read >

Selling Your Home? Which Home Improvements Really Pay Off?

Selling Your Home? Home Improvements That Really Pay Off? Tips from a Top Real Estate Marketing Professional. Sell your home twice as fast. Increase sales price by 5 to 10 per cent. What can you do for fewer than Five Thousand Dollars?. Simple, affordable... Read >

Tips for Flood Victims- Insurance Claim Filing Help

Tips for Disaster Victims: What Should You Do After You Experience a Flooding Disaster? by Ron Reitz Quality Claims Management, Southern California's top public insurance adjuster, provides several important tips for homeowners and business owners w... Read >

Robo Signers "Scandal" - What is Fact and What is Fiction

Robo Signers – Fact and Fiction by Bill de Ridder QualityFirst Real Estate (http://www.qualityfirstrealestate.com Everywhere you turn these days, people are talking about the foreclosure mess. And now speculation has it that the banks have $10 per... Read >

How to compete with short sales and foreclosed houses when selling your house

Selling Your House? 3 things you can do to maximize your sale price by Bill De Ridder, President of QualityFirst Real Estate. http://www.qualityfirstrealestate.com/ It’s a tough time to sell your home in this market. You are competing with bank ow... Read >

Has your home been destroyed or damaged? How to find a good Public Adjuster

How to find a good Public Adjuster by Ronald Reitz, Quality Claims Management - www.qualityclaims.com The best place to find a good public adjuster is through the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (at www.napia.com). NAPIA can provi... Read >

When Should a Public Adjuster Get Involved in Your Homeowners Insurance Claim?

Flood damage, fire damage, earthquake damage? When should you consult a public insurance adjuster to help you get the money you are owed by your insurance carrier? Don't wait. As soon as the first red flag goes up, find yourself a reputable, local public ... Read >

ELEVEN Insurance Tips for Business Owners

What do small and medium size businesses need to know about Business Insurance? What should they do now - before they have a loss? What should they do later, after they suffer a loss. How do you file a business insurance claim. When should you conside... Read >

WHY working with a Public Adjuster can be good for your independent insurance agency and for your cu

Public Insurance Adjusters Are Not Your Enemy for Insurance Journal WHY working with a Public Adjuster can be good for your independent insurance agency and for your customers Ronald R. Reitz, CPPA 1. After a disaster, insureds have hundreds... Read >

Happy Holidays - Time to do your Yearly Home Inventory

Holiday Season Means it is Time to Do a Home Inventory By Ronald R. Reitz, CPPA www.qualityclaims.com Your new possessions, gifts and acquisitions need to be protected. Here are seven great tips to help protect all the new stuff you got this holi... Read >

Do You Need to Purchase Home Owners Insurance? Use this Checklist First

When Purchasing Homeowners Insurance Be Sure to Use This Handy Checklist By Ronald R. Reitz, CPPA, Quality Claims Management www.qualityclaims.com Will your insurance cover you if you have a fire or if your home is destroyed in a disaster? These are... Read >

Insurance Claim Tips for Business Owners and Managers

Insurance Claim Tips for Business Owners by Ron Reitz, President of San Diego-based Quality Claims Management Corp www.qualityclaims.com Most business owners don't necessarily think about their insurance coverage until a loss occurs and they need to... Read >

The Internet of Things – the next Internet revolution

The Internet of Things - the next Internet revolution By Cees Links GreenPeak http://www.greenpeak.com ==== SUMMARY - The Internet of Things is about the next generation - the revolution in communication - where everything can talk to everything. Ma... Read >