Sunday, August 13, 2006

The Insurance Fight Begins



We made our first contents claim of $6800 to cover a sofa,chairs, and area rug. Received payment of $1300! State Farm is saying we have to prove ownership of items before they will pay. We have until the 16th of Sept to settle this or we lose the $33,000 contents coverage. We have to come up with pics we owned the stuff and prove what happened to it. We are on our 10th adjuster and each one starts from scratch. No one passes info to the next. STATE FARM IS NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR! BEWARE!

Rental House



Had a hard time finding anywhere to live. Columbus thinks it is Carmel IN. Most of the apartments were income capped. Couldn't make more than $29,000 for two. Found corporate apartments $1900 a mnth, one other apartment available in Oct for $1250. We found two houses one for $1250 a mnth one for $1200 a month which you see in pic. Needed to move fast or this would be gone. Had to sign a one year lease. This house happens to be in Kelly's neighborhood. It wasn't advertised. I found out about it through a realtor. I am going to begin move in Sept 16th. The housing market here has crashed! Our house was selling for $305,000 after the hurricane and is now selling for $212,000. There are houses everywhere for sale. Ron and I commented on how much the the traffic has gone down and we think everyone is leaving the area and going back to the north. Jobs are hard to find and low paying. Wish us luck. We have to sell our house before we do anything.