Alleged storm chasers who perpetuated roofing scams and insurance fraud across 11 states left homeowners with little or no repairs and the loss of millions of dollars say florida law enforcement officials who recently arrested eight people associated with tampa based nbrc construction also known as nbrc roofing company.
Storm chaser roofing sales.
While some companies are legitimate many of these storm chasers are unscrupulous.
Storm chasing companies hire out of state crews usually from the south to install the roofing siding or gutters.
Some storm chasers even offer to pay the homeowner s deductible or offer cash back.
They often travel with their own adjusters.
Chase storms around the country to hawk their roofing contractor services.
The storm chaser completes a rush job on the roof and a few years later it s already beginning to fail.
I called scro s roofing after the insurance adjusted had written off the roof and they worked us into their busy schedule.
The homeowner is convinced to file an insurance claim because let s face it we all love free stuff.
Storm chasers are roofing contractors who travel to areas that have had recent episodes of severe weather.
What are these shady tactics.
We had significant hail damage due to the may 2016 hail storm in cary and warded off all the storm chasers that came through our area for 2 months after.
When a hailstorm hits time is the critical factor and competition can be as frenzied as a gold rush so effective sales and marketing becomes critical.
The homeowner gets burned because the storm chaser only does the bare minimum to replace the roof but doesn t address any other problems or restore the roof to its original condition.
Or in some cases storm chasers have been known to simply take the money and run.
Scro s roofing company won t come knocking like the storm chasers but we will be available for honest reliable roof repairs when you need them most.
The storm chaser knocks on the door and offers to fix the damage at no cost to the homeowner.
This is a prevailing problem across the nation with legitimate roofing.
The chicago roofer says the chasers know how the insurance companies work and based on the square footage of the roof they can figure out how much it will cost to put on a cheap new roof.
It s not unusual for these crews to leave town in the middle of a project for various reasons dispute about how much they are being paid found a better deal in another state etc.
The demand for quality a roofing salesman remains incredibly high.
Always try to get an address as a lot use po boxes to set up and they also forward their calls out of state to appear local.
While even moderate stormers make good money 75k 125k year a good and dedicated salesman will readily double that amount.
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A real life storm chaser incident.
Storm chasing by roofing contractors is a multi million dollar industry.