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Many Minnesota homeowners now have one year, not two, to finish repairs and collect their full insurance payout. Most don’t know it. Kyle sits down with longtime friend Tim Johnson, founding partner at Smith Jadin Johnson, a Minneapolis law firm known for representing homeowners and contractors in insurance disputes. Tim explains why contractors can speak to damage and repair costs but not to what your policy covers. He also walks through the coverage changes he sees most often: shrinking deadlines for recoverable depreciation, appraisal rights now limited to fire and hail in many policies, and matching coverage you may have to ask your agent to add. They also cover what hiring an attorney actually looks like and what it costs, why a specialist beats a generalist, the risks of leaning on AI for legal disputes, and Tim’s top advice for anyone filing a claim: document everything, and be kind to your adjuster. Learn more about Smith Jadin Johnson: https://www.sjjlawfirm.com Minnesota Department of Commerce homeowner resources: https://mn.gov/commerce/insurance/ Tune in to Where We RESIDE across all streaming platforms, and watch on Spotify and YouTube.

Kyle sits down with Elizabeth Howell, Contractor Program Manager at Pella Corporation, at Pella's national headquarters in Pella, Iowa. The RESIDE team traveled in from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Colorado for a full factory tour, and this conversation covers what the Pella Certified Contractor Program is, why RESIDE has been part of it for nearly 20 years, and what it means for homeowners choosing a window company. In this episode: - Why Pella opens its factory doors to certified contractors - What the Certified Contractor Program means for a homeowner - The Pella culture that keeps people around for 25 and 30-plus year careers - Local support, training, and installation expertise behind every certified contractor - Elizabeth's path from contractor's kid to leading the national program Where We Reside is RESIDE's podcast on the people, partners, and craft behind the homes we work on across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Colorado. Subscribe for new episodes, and visit www.LiveReside.com to learn more.

A kitchen remodel with RESIDE typically runs $80,000 to $125,000. Bathrooms start around $50,000. Architectural & Interior Designer Maddie Myer explains what drives those numbers and what homeowners forget to plan for.Maddie handles architecture, interior design, and everything before construction at RESIDE. In this episode she and Kyle Vorachek walk through the design-build process from first walkthrough to move-in day, including how cost-plus pricing works, what gets decided in the showroom, and why one appliance trip can move a budget by $40,000.Also covered: the details people skip in a bathroom, why renderings matter before you commit, whether to renovate or sell, and whether you should move out during a kitchen remodel. Short answer, probably.Serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin.Start a project: https://livereside.com/design-build/Schedule a consultation: https://calendly.com/design-build-livereside/30minSee past projects: https://livereside.com/projectsTake the remodel questionnaire: https://livereside.com/remodeling/#quiz

Andrea and Kyle Vorachek met at a sales training in 2008. In the pilot episode, they tell the whole story of RESIDE. How Andrea got her license and started Neighborly Property Group, why Kyle left a contracting career to join her, and how a two-person operation became RESIDE, with real estate, restoration, design-build, commercial and multi-family divisions across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Colorado.Also covered: why the company rebranded, what Pella Platinum Elite certification actually means, landing at 303 on the Qualified Remodeler Top 500, and what it's really like to run a business with your spouse.