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I use what the client tells me it is. He is living there so he should know if it's in question I use the county tax records.
2 Different Square Feet on a House
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clients never know the right answers to anything,
use the tax website, use zillow, use trulia.com
never trust a client!
use the tax website, use zillow, use trulia.com
never trust a client!
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Be able to back up whatever number you use. Page print of the assessors tax page, or an email from the owner.
- 1,473
Tax records are a good source (which is what sites like zillow use), but are frequently wrong. People add on to their house without proper permits, increasing the square footage, with tax records showing the wrong square footage.
Always ask the insured. If it is close to the tax records, go with the tax records. If its a few hundred square feet off, ask if they have done an addition to the house.
Dan
Always ask the insured. If it is close to the tax records, go with the tax records. If its a few hundred square feet off, ask if they have done an addition to the house.
Dan
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Agree. And for the times there is controversy, I have a measuring wheel in my truck and go out to the shack and size it up.
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U have time to measure the client home....I never go to see the house from the start..insurance companies have inspectors that do that......
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U have time to measure the client home....I never go to see the house from the start..insurance companies have inspectors that do that......
Yep, my flagship company requires it. The only time I don't is if it is a newer home or if the prospect/client lives far away...at which time I will require them to provide pics...I wanna know what I'm insuring prior to binding.
cm2881
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i wouldn't trust any of the aggregate real estate sites (realtor.com, trulia, zillow, hotpads, etc) as they are *notorious* for inaccurate info. as this is an important bit of info to obtain for an important ins policy, take the extra time to get the recorded real estate records from the county recorder (or whatever govt entity handles title records). you can make this process somewhat easier if you have a realtor friend.
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i wouldn't trust any of the aggregate real estate sites (realtor.com, trulia, zillow, hotpads, etc) as they are *notorious* for inaccurate info. as this is an important bit of info to obtain for an important ins policy, take the extra time to get the recorded real estate records from the county recorder (or whatever govt entity handles title records). you can make this process somewhat easier if you have a realtor friend.
Thx for posting the same thing in another thread on another 6 months old thread.......
