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Home Inventory

Special Guest: Jamie Novak, professional organizer, dynamic speaker, television personality, best-selling author and Collectify's Chief Organizing Officer

Description: Have you got a lot to lose?  Would you remember everything you owned if you had a house fire, burglary or other disaster?  Probably not. This show is about having a home inventory.  Whether it is on paper or the computer, there are things you need to know to justify your losses and protect the things that are important to you.

Duration: 1:02:31

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Index:
00:24 Lucky You Contest
01:40 Intro: Protect Things You Love
04:31 What is a Home Inventory?
07:15 Listener: Count the Small Stuff
08:29 Simple Steps to Inventory
13:30 Stay UNDERwhelmed and Focused
17:42 Take Proper Photos
20:43 Insurance Benefits
24:09 About Jamie Novak
27:50 Collectify™Home Inventory Software
34:51 Three (3)Basic Inventory Steps
40:14 Inventory "Tool Kit"
45:27 NO Digging Allowed
49:46 Keep Track of Paperwork
52:57 What Does it Cost?
55:16 Upkeep Your Inventory
58:09 Closing Comments
1:01:12 Closing Track
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About Jamie Novak

Jamie Novak is the resident organizing expert for NBC’s iVillage and the live on air guest for a line of home organization products with QVC. Novak has also been a featured organizer on HGTV's Mission Organization and has authored two bestsellers 1,000 Best Organizing Secrets and 1,000 Best Time Saving Strategies.

She travels nationally presenting real ideas for how we really live to groups of busy women. Including such groups as NJAWBO and Mothers and More; she also presented her trademark keynote at the Mothers of Multiples convention.

Jamie has been a part of national drive time radio as a guest on well-known radio shows and her tips have been featured nationally in Family Circle, Woman’s Day, American Baby, Parents and other national magazines. Her approach is both relatable and inspirational; although most days she gets it right she’ll be the first to admit there are days when even she can’t find her left shoe. To learn more about Jamie, visit her website.

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Helpful Resources


Collectify™


Collectify Home Inventory™ is your complete inventory solution. Collectify Home Inventory helps you simplify, organize and protect what’s important to you and your family.

How To Create a Home Inventory Manual by Jamie Novak

What is the purpose of doing a home inventory? If I don’t own my home, should I still do one? What if I don’t own a digital camera? Also included: how to get started and prepare, schedule time, create a tool kit and overcome potential stumbling blocks. This helpful document even includes inventory checklists.

How to Choose and Use Home Inventory Software


Home inventory software adds conveniences and flexible reporting that cannot be duplicated with a hand-written inventory.

How to Make a Video Home Inventory

Creating a home inventory on paper can be time consuming and tedious. Fortunately, it's relatively easy to make a home inventory if you use a video camera.

Home Inventory Documenting Checklist

With this primer you'll be able to create a home inventory quickly and easily using a notebook, a video camera, a digital camera, or a combination of all three. By RealSimple.com.

How To Take a Home Inventory

A home inventory is a necessary step for homeowners' or renters' insurance. Find out how to do one yourself.


Ztail

Ztail is the first interactive pricing guide for anything under the sun, answering the question of "What’s It Worth?", and the best place for buying or selling anything under the sun.

iTaggit

iTaggit is an easy-to-use management system built for anyone with personal possessions - from homeowners and renters to collectors and seasoned aficionados. The site functions as a virtual "blue book" for users looking to monetize their items or collectibles, quickly giving them current market value and is the premier place for those looking to sell, protect, and/or share their possessions.





Quick Tip

Use your inventory to help you determine if you have proper insurance coverage. Add up all of your current estimated values to find out how much it will cost to replace everything, then compare this figure with your policy's personal property limit.




The Get Organized Answer Book:
Practical Solutions for 275 Questions on Conquering Clutter, Sorting Stuff, and Finding More Time and Energy

In a world with more stuff, more to-do's, and more wants, organizing and efficiency expert Jamie Novak offers clear and simple ideas to help readers cut through the clutter and find what's important. Proven strategies show readers how they can better organize their lives - and find more free time and energy.

The Get Organized Answer Book tackles all areas of life and home, answering such questions as:

• Where do I start?
• How can I free up more storage space?
• What papers should I save?
• How can I help my kids stay organized?
• What can I do to get the most out of my time every day?

Novak, who frequently appears on QVC, says that about 80% of the clutter in every home or office is a result of disorganization, not lack of space. Her strategies, tips, and tools for success can help every reader conquer the messes and start living a happier, more productive life today.

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Quick Tip

How in the world will I tackle what's in my garage or basement? Jamie says: sort through a box or two a week, photograph the “keepers,” and put them into your home inventory. Give away the rest to local charity.





Why Do a Home Inventory?

• With a home inventory in place, you can even protect yourself should you misplace or lose your wallet.

• A home inventory can help with insurance: purchase enough insurance to replace the things you own, get your insurance claims settled faster, substantiate losses for your income tax return and have quick access to all insurance details.

• A home inventory list can tell you when you need to replace something or when your possessions need maintenance or some other attention (say, tire rotation).

• When it's time to sell something, you'll have all your paperwork and information in order, ready to list on eBay or Craig's List for example.

• Use home inventory to document your home and property appraisals and plan your estate.

• Most importantly, a home inventory can protect you from personal loss due to hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, burglaries and other unexpected emergencies.