There’s an app for that…
If a disaster occurred that caused you to lose your home and everything in it, what would you do? Obviously you’d contact your insurance company, but would you be able to promptly provide them with an itemized list of every one of your valuables? Even if you did prepare such a list in advance, it might have been lost with everything else.
But if you had an inventory app on your cell phone. which presumably would be in your pocket when your house was destroyed, you’d be able to immediately access all of those details in a time of crisis. And even if your phone was in your house when the disaster struck, your information would be backed up by a cloud storage service.
Take a look at this article “Home Inventory Builds a List of Your Possessions In Case of Emergency, Backs It Up Online.” Your inventory would include all of the items in your house that you would want to replace if they were destroyed, as well as their values and warranties, plus your home or rental information.
The app, designed for Mac computers, iPhones and iPads, has fields for insurance information, emergency contacts and attachments, and you can add and manage your music or movie collection as block items. It will even examine your policy to see if you’re properly covered for items in your inventory.
Let me know what you think about this Home Inventory app. What are the features that you think are the most valuable? Are there any features the app is missing that would make it better? Do you know of similar apps that seem superior or inferior to this one? Please chime in when you get the chance.
You talk about the Home Inventory App but I find no real information or any sort of link to it.
Hi
We had a tornado that tore though the naberhood it would have been good to have had some inventory lists.
To help get insurance.
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Sorry Frank, That Devil that is trying to highjack this world from Almighty GOD is in for a big surprize ! GOD has plans for this world and when he sees fit who is going to be able to stand up against his wrath ? WE already swallowed enough dishonesty, crap, filth, lies,and everything criminal you can think of, Sounds like a perfect gesture to have that service and i agree for all intensive purposes. However I have been put through the wringer so many times, I have lost faith in humanity because most have turned to the way of crime.! Very nice careing, well spoken, lovely people, reliable BUT LOOK what you are doing!
Giving away the most valuable information a person has ! Do you know what the Carpetbaggen, crooked, Thieves that robbed us of most of our life already ?
They confistcate causing many to be killed. Of course ourselves also? Think about it? This will probably come about anyhow ! The Devil don’t care that it will be a Blood Bath but his Deciples will who do his dirty work !
Felix: Take a deep breath, you’re ranting.
No matter what you have if it’s a mega disaster, there’ll be no services we have now. So why worry about it. God
willing, some will still be a live and he’ll take care of them like in the Bible.if our houses are gone, electricity, heat , government, stores. Then what good is it to stress out about all this. We need to use our money to live now
government
Your the same as my wife if you thank god will take of you then why are you even on this website hes not just talking about maj disaters but even a simple fire and he making u aware ur insuance might pay for your junk but if you want to live in a motel and eat at the soup kitchen and for your insurance to pay up a month later go ahead it took a weak after my wreck just to get a police report and because I didn’t have rental insurance no car for another 2 week until the other insurance told me they might pay for one fun fun
Sweety, you need to read revalations again
There are a lot of bad things going to happen before
we saved are taken to heaven in the rapture.
preparing for the worst is all thru the bible but the big news is after the 3rd chapter of Rev, the saved are gone anyway
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Excellent idea. This would help if the home was destroyed for insurance purposes.
Im all with the people who say that putting all this online in some “cloud” somewhere is a bad idea. Chances are if you’ve been having trouble with you phone and computer and are already under surveillance as a TI, “they’ve” already entered your home and know whats there anyway. Dont give “them” or just everyday lone criminal hackers any more info than they might already have. Just videotape everything and send a USB copy to another family member and/or a trusted friend and keep a copy in your bugout bag, purse, and/or vehicle.
or better yet send a USB copy to your insurance company.
SKOVAL BEST IDEA YET
I was told not to identify objects with my real social security number. So several years ago I made up a number and engraved it on all electronics, guns, etc. I also took pictures of those objects. I will know make a list with pictures of knick knacks , furniture and appliances, bedding, linens ,clothes and tools..
I like the idea of having a good record. But I am super reluctant to compile a list of my stuff, which will be out there “in the cloud” including my guns with serials for some hacker to obtain or big brother to “stumble upon” and use against me or mark me as a target. Does anyone share this concern? Is it well founded?
THIS PROGRAM COULD BE AN IDEA FROM BIG BROTHER TO WILLFULLY SEIZE MORE OF OUR INFO JMO
I did just that, took pictures of everything I own in the house, out side of the house; Put the memery card in the safe deposit box
With an insurance background I offer: anything you can document will help. A video of the house walking around and recording with statements as to values will help since we are, after all, human and forget what “was” there. Valuable stuff like antiques, jewelry, art and guns should have receipts or appraisals by qualified experts. A safe deposit box is a good place to keep the most valuable things and papers. It would also be wise to schedule these with your property carrier and be sure you pay a premim so there’s no question after the claim as to
As a senior I’ve heard of apps have no idea what they are. We have no records of cost of appliances or furniture. What is someone to do with out the app or records?
Do you have a camera? One easy way to record what you own is just to take pictures of it and store those pictures somewhere NOT in your home.
http://www.patriotheadquarters.com/photos-for-security/
It’s nice that you discussed a program for iPads, etc. but there are many more android type phones out there than iphones – owned by those that are not in the apple cult! We like the information too!
Amen to that!
Not to mention the growing Windows Phone users.
I am a collector who sells from a website. I have over 900 dolls alone. Thousands of porcelain and bisque figurines, statues, etc. In order to list them and collect for them upon their destruction, by whatever method, I am told I have to have a picture of each item individually and an appraisal of each by an accredited appraiser . It would take more to make the list than the value of the articles, though some are worth thousands.
sounds nice but do not have any of those devices.
Your cell phone can also be a simple recording tool. You can take photos and/or videos around your home, documenting all the possessions. If you use video, you can include comments about the replacement cost of items. Transfer the photos/videos to a USB drive. More than one would be optimal. Store one in your home in a good fireproof safe (it doesn’t have to be large). Put one in your safe deposit box. If you have family (children) out of state like I do, send one to them for safekeeping.
You can also take photographs of important documents (passports, drivers licenses, marriage certificate, birth certificates, etc) and include them on the drive. Hard copy backups of the important documents is also helpful.
I’m not sure about this. Since our phones and computers are under surviellance I don’t think I want my information ‘out there’. Once its on the net in any form its there forever for hackers and whoever. Maybe just put it in a zip loc bag in a safe box of some sort buried in the ground somewhere.
So if we record everything on cell phones, recorders, sd cards and all these others ways you suggest. Then
We have a world wide disaster no electricity, no power of any kind. No heat you’ve lost everything but what’s on your back. Insurance company’s government offices down. World wide your going to only have God if your still even a live.Good luck world no matter what you may or may not have. And God bless each and everyone of us. If it happens as in the past.
Sounds interesting.
What about the majority of us who have an Android Cell Phone?
John N
Hi John, Add to that millions of seniors who have none of the above. For instanace, I have a Trac Fone basic, and I don’t need apps; couldn’t afford them anyhow. This little inventory thing will not work for millions of us. Heck, I don’t even know how to transfer pics from my phone to something else! Sad. :(
MR. FRANK
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