Letter of Transmittal

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Going one step further on photographs, I always make sure to include a shot of my car in the street and exterior photograph. We once had a homeowner claim I never showed up as a way to wiggle out. I was able to prove it with that photograph and a copy of my registration. I had never much thought about it before that day, but I do it all the time now.

Years ago when I was being trained, we had a rule that anyone who got their car in the photo had to buy cheeseburgers for the entire office.

A friend of mine had to retake a front or street photo (I forget which) because his beater Jaguar was in the photo. The underwriter thought it violated fair housing laws by indicating the relative affluence of the neighborhood. Go figure.

 

[Tater Salad]

Laura, I do the same thing. I started it to make sure than nobody could question whether I, the supervisor, was really at the house. I don't have a trainee anymore, but it's a habit.

Course, I don't drive a beater. Or a Jaguar. There's no way for any underwriter to know that the white mommy-mobile in the photo is mine.