Looking to hire a new Xactimate estimator for your restoration team? It is a massive commitment. Training an in-house hire often drains your resources for a year or more, and you risk investing months into someone who may never reach expert status – worse, they take that training and go work for someone else. RiB eliminates both that uncertainty and the associated payroll overhead.
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Skip the Training Loop: Avoid the 12-month “hiring gamble” and get instant access to seasoned journeymen.
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Stop Leaving Money on the Table: Our pros find the missed line items (like the $15k/year air mover mistake) that “button-pushers” miss.
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Keep Your Team Focused: Let your current managers stay in the field while we handle the carrier adjusters and “carrier-friendly” file traps.
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Scale Fast: Add estimating horsepower without adding a single dollar to your fixed payroll.
We provide instant access to already-trained restoration journeymen who write profitable, accurate estimates for your service lines: from water mitigation and muck-outs to Bio hazard, roofing and full rebuilds.
Instead of settling, save money with RiB. You get your full-scope value written into every project’s invoice. You also gain a team of billing experts who work directly with the adjusters to get your invoices paid. While you focus on running your restoration business, our pro-estimators think through the unique details of your project to invoice for the precise profits you’ve earned.
Why Your Restoration Invoicing Needs an Experienced Touch
With over 25,000 Xactimate codes to learn, restoration billing isn’t just about numbers – it’s requires experience. Getting the details right to invoice the “correct-ideal” amount is crucial for your NET bottom line.
Did You Know? Xactimate pricing is based on regional data, but true experts know how to adjust those line items to accurately reflect your true job cost. Instead of just “pushing buttons,” our skilled estimators think through the uniqueness of the project, market conditions, and what’s needed from experience. They know the software, and industry to make it work together.
We handle the complexity, writing detailed invoices that reflect your full scope and pricing. The result? A better path to getting paid. This is why many restorers choose our professional restoration billing services to handle the technical heavy lifting while they focus on the job site.
The difference between a generic estimate and an expert-written invoice can be thousands of dollars in earned revenue, as shown in a simple comparison below:
The RiB Advantage: Hire an Xactimate Estimator Without the Overhead
Stop leaky margins and avoid underbilling with:
1. Already-Trained Invoicing Experts
When you hire an Xactimate estimator through RiB, you get someone who understands the nuance of your restoration projects and how to speak the language of adjusters. You get expert invoices written by specialists to deliver full-scope value and capture billable line items – without the burden of bloated payroll or the months spent on training expertise.
2. Experienced in the Field
Our estimating team is trained in the trenches, not just an office chair. They’ve been knee-deep in sewage muck-outs, fire-damaged structures, flooded properties, and storm-ravaged job sites. This real-world project insight goes directly into your invoice. Because our estimators have worked as project managers and inspectors, they understand the technical requirements and the emotional urgency of your property owners.
3. Maximum Accuracy & Scope-of-Work
We combine technical tools with IICRC Standards of Care, OSHA, AHERA guidelines. We use custom line items with experienced restoration knowledge and invoicing to help get your bills written accurately, and more importantly, paid.
4. Strategic Claims Management & Transparent Reporting
We provide claim communications with all parties involved to clarify you restoration work and keep your CRM updated. Restoration billing experts take care of the “heavy lifting” of communication and answer adjuster rebuttals/questions so you don’t have to. We keep you in the loop with:
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Weekly check-ins and money reports.
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Claim status updates sent directly to your CRM.
- Quarterly strategic billing guidance to improve documentation, reduce disputes, and maximize profits.
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What Pro-Estimators Do for Our Restoration Contractor Partners
Not everyone can be a great restoration estimator. It takes a unique blend of experience, training, a proven claims process, and the right aptitude. That’s the difference between good and exceptional files.
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Key Service |
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Assesses Damage |
Thoroughly reviews all scope documentation, photos, measurements, and notes for flood, fire, mold, or reconstruction projects. |
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Creates Detailed Estimates |
Generates professional, itemized Xactimate estimates/invoices for necessary mitigation and rebuilding work. |
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Invoicing Accuracy & Advocacy |
Fewer missed billable line items. Interprets complex damage scenarios to write correct-ideal amount using IICRC standards, contractor guidelines, and notes. |
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RIB Managed Claims & Negotiations |
Defends your scope item by item, until the correct amount is settled, approved, and in your bank account. |
Don’t settle for carrier-friendly files either.
When the emergency call comes in at 2 AM, your focus is on extraction, dehumidification, and protecting the property. Once the drying is done, we take it from there to reflect the IICRC S500 Standards of Care. We do not settle for whatever the adjuster offers when additional drying time and equipment is justified. You shouldn’t have to choose between wasting hours arguing with adjusters and getting a fast, fair payment. End your invoicing and billing frustrations by outsourcing to RiB.
Ready to Improve Your Payouts?
“One Missed air mover placement per job costs restorers at least $15,000 a year.” – Jeremy Reets
Take the stress out of your insurance claims paperwork so you can get back to more job sites.
We manage the heavy lifting of organizing and submitting your files to the carrier adjuster and defending your claim amounts in negotiations. When you outsource to pros at RiB, your back office stops being a bottleneck. You get paid more, faster, and you can scale your restoration business without the weight of excessive fixed payroll.
The RiB Commitment: No more adjuster headaches. Just expertly written Xactimate invoices and restoration billing experts who get you paid for the work you earned.
Let RiB get to work for you. Contact RiB Today to send us your scope-of-work documentation. We can write your next estimate from scratch. Already written bills are reviewed before we send them to the insurance adjuster for negotiations. We don’t stop until your payment is in hand.
Instead of hiring another estimator, let our team handle the water mitigation billing so your current management team can focus on production and profit.
By Jason D. Myers
Jason D. Myers is the Co-owner of Restoration Insurance Billing, LLC (RiB) and IICRC Certified Firm. He holds the industry-specific IICRC WRT and TCST certs, but his real education started years ago, helping his dad with remodeling jobs. Because of that, he understands contractor daily demands and the value of hard work. Jason earned his business degree from the University of Northern Iowa and background in sales, including eleven years of door-to-door experience to advocate for restorer’s work. Today, Jason is dedicated to using RiB to get contractors paid correctly, ultimately giving them back time to focus on their business and families. A native of Oregon, he now lives in Arizona with his wife, three children, and their golden retriever Mikey, where he enjoys coaching soccer.