Why You Need To Embrace Technology For Your Home Inventory & Appraisal Needs

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In this day in age, who doesn’t want to make their life easier? We all use technology in so many ways on an everyday basis, saving us minutes or hours on tasks.  So if this applies to taking an inventory of your home, why is it that many still choose a legal pad and pen over an online software application that can manage your contents and collections? Well if you are one of those people, put the pen down! We have several reasons why it makes sense to embrace the use of technology for your inventory and appraisal needs, saving you time and frustration.

Creating an inventory is quicker: Utilizing a home inventory software application makes the process quicker and therefore easier by having the ability to upload numerous images, quickly attach invoices containing valuable purchase information and easily type in notes about your prized possessions.

Sharing information is easier: If your Dining Room were to get flooded tomorrow and your insurance agent were to ask you for a list of what was in the room what would be easier:
a.    Searching for your hard copy images, video and receipts and then bringing them to your insurance agent. Woops, what if your invoices and pictures were in the sideboard drawer that got filled with water?!!?
b.    Going to any computer, accessing your inventory, generating a report of the Dining room contents with the click of a button and emailing it to your insurance agent.

Always backed up and secure: With a web based inventory program you can access your information from anywhere and have peace of mind knowing it is always secure. And you don’t have to worry about managing multiple copies in multiple places.

You Can Update & Manage: Having your information in an electronic format allows you with the option to easily update items, add items, generate reports or filter only what you want to see. Let’s say you get rid of a piece of furniture, no need to break out the white-out, just hit delete.

Avoid the hassle and clutter of paperwork: Not only does paperwork take up space, but it can be hard to find what you need when you are dealing with the trauma of a loss and things may be located in different places in the house. Go paperless!

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the launch of our new home inventory software application iDocument.