Free tool makes home inventories easy!

Doing home inventories is important, but can be a hassle. Thankfully, the Insurance Information Institute's Know Your Stuff tool, available via free download, can make the process a snap. 

Know Your Stuff helps you 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 report can be printed, saved on a computer, e-mailed or burned on a CD.

TAKING A HOME INVENTORY

This software will help you create a room-by-room inventory of your personal possessions. Having an up-to-date home inventory will help you:

• Purchase enough insurance to replace the things you own.
• Get your insurance claims settled faster.
• Substantiate losses for your income tax return.

You can always simply make a list in a notebook and save receipts and photos in a file. This software, however, should make this task fun and simple. More importantly, with the click of your mouse, you can update this list as you buy or eliminate personal possessions.