NW Chicago Suburbs - using Xactimate to analyse deals

[Tom Kaider]

I am not Selling, Buying, or offering a Job in this post, but BP wants it in the Marketplace anyway.  The intention of my post was social networking, which is what I thought BP was.  The intention was to find local partners and let them know my progress as an investor, no matter who has what to bring to the deal.  I was simply sharing info about Xactimate and my new hire, looking for input and trying to network.  This is the text of my original post which was taken down from the forums: 

I'm in the Chicago Northwest Suburbs. I think I hit a homerun by finding a winner guy who has 10+ years experience as a claims adjuster. He used Xactimate, which blows away any repair-analysis app. I've seen because it populates the cost of every piece of wood, screw, everything. He even has the laser measurement tool that just scans the inside then produces a 3D model. His version costs $400/month, but there is a renovation version which seems to be only $90/month.

The way his mind works is exactly what I have needed, as much about limiting liability as building ROI. He talks about septic tank failures and foundations a lot. I like that.

My purpose for posting is also to say that we are ready to take on more deals. So if anyone is near the NW Chicago Burbs, and agrees that my guy is a tremendous asset, then let's partner up. He actually lives near McHenry, so think like far NW 'burbs for now, but I like partnering, and at one time or another we all have different aspects of a deal to bring (and varying amounts of those aspects).

*Note, I'm not selling anything in this post. I'm not offering for you to hire my guy. I pay for advertising in BP if I want to post in the Marketplace. That is not what is going on here. What I'm saying is if you find a potential off-market, ugly house or building, in the NW burbs, ugliest property on a nice block, but you are not confident with the analysis, then let me know, and my team can take a look at it, for free, to potentially partner on the deal.

But please, not MLS deals. Those are not deals (to me). Try to find distressed private sellers, dealing with divorce, job-transfer, death in the family, etc. We'll solve their problem together. But by the time it's listed on the MLS, we are immediately dealing with realtors, etc. It's just not what I'm into right now. So, please none of those.