Happy New Year Everyone!
As we start the New Year and January comes to a close I thought this would be a great place to begin. We’ve all made those New Year’s resolutions to get more organized. Well, here is something to help you get started. It’s important to keep a home inventory, but the process can be time-consuming and difficult. Thankfully, the newest version of the Insurance Information Institute’s Know Your Stuff tool, available via free download, can make doing a home inventory a breeze.
Know Your Stuff helps customers enter items by room and upload photos or scanned receipts. Once the information is in the system, items can be sorted by price, date of purchase or type (silverware, major appliances, etc.). Customers can even customize their own categories.
Once completed or updated, the Know Your Stuff report also can be printed, saved on a computer, e-mailed or burned on a CD.
The tool is easy to use. Just go to www.knowyourstuff.org the web site takes it from there. A computer must be running Windows XP, 2000, or Mac OS 10.3 or higher for the software to work correctly. (Note: According to the Insurance Information Institute, a version compatible with Windows Vista should be released sometime around May 2008.)
New secure-storage feature
Version 3.0 of Know Your Stuff is compatible with Vault 24, a global data security resource for financial and inventory information.
For a yearly fee ($14.99-79.99) Vault 24 is designed to store critical information, such as Know Your Stuff Home Inventory files, on a secure server in Switzerland. This way, if your home is destroyed, you can access this information remotely at any time.
Note: Customers are not required to use Vault 24 with the free Know Your Stuff tool
