wjm@whuxl.UUCP (MITCHELL) (07/12/84)
<munchies> By all means document what you have for insurance purposes. Hopefully, you'll never need it but it is ESSENTIAL if you file a claim. The documentation should contain: 1) photographs of the house and any valuable items of personal property (including furniture, jewelery, fur coats, stereo/camera/video/etc. equipment collections - stamps/coins/books/etc., PCs, ...) 2) original receipts (or at least copies) for these items (one advantage of using credit cards or checks to pay for same - you have an automatic receipt since one should save cancelled checks and charge slips) 3) an inventory of everything you have (including date of purchase, price, and a reasonably complete description) 4) current appraisals of particularly valuable items The best place to keep it is in a safe deposit box. You don't want to keep it on premises due to the risk of fire, nor do you want to leave it with your agent since you don't want to advertise what you have to potential rip-off artists. Regards, Bill Mitchell (whuxl!wjm)