01 / Consulting
Building consulting
Bring property photos, measurements, notes, and documents together for your team's next decision.
Explore building consultingParrot Key / Building consulting and practical training
Practical training. Thorough inspections. Building expertise.
Hands-on Xactimate Mobile training for contractors and independent or staff adjusters. Building consulting and property documentation for insurance-carrier teams.
Built from real field, estimating, and training work.
Xactimate Mobile / In the field
Learn the workflow where the work happens.
Sketch the room. Take the photos. Check the measurements. Neil teaches Xactimate Mobile as a practical field process, with estimating lessons that connect the file to the property.
- Sketching, measurements, photos, and notes
- Room-by-room estimating and file checks
- Training for contractor and adjuster teams
See the actual field demonstrationBuilding consulting / Property services
Clear details. Useful property knowledge.
Carrier-focused consulting and property services, built around the information your team needs. Location, availability, and scope are confirmed before work begins.
02 / Inspections
Property inspections
Document the property with organized photos, measurements, and field observations.
Explore property inspections03 / Scope only
Scope-only assignments
Photos, measurements, and a clear description of the observed work. Pricing stays with your estimating team.
Explore scope-only work04 / Appraisals
Insurance claim appraisals
Property documentation and appraisal work, with the role and engagement confirmed before acceptance.
Explore claim appraisalsWe confirm the assignment, deliverables, and professional scope before work begins. Please do not send private claim documents through the public contact form.
Practical training for field professionals
Start with the skill that needs the most work
Choose a focused class or combine several topics into a custom program. Neil will shape the training around your role, trade, team, and current experience.
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Xactimate Mobile Training
Learn to sketch, photograph, take notes, and organize the job from the tablet in the field.
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Photo Documentation Training
Teach your team which photos to take, what order to take them in, and how to show scale clearly.
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Magicplan Training
Build checked floor plans, organize room-level photos and notes, create reports, and prepare a cleaner estimating handoff.
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Xactimate Training for Contractors
Help your team read estimates, write better notes, and connect the estimate to what was found on site.
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Insurance Supplement Training
Build supplement requests that clearly show what is missing and why it belongs in the estimate.
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Lunch & Learn Contractor Training
Bring Neil to your office, supplier, or association for one focused lesson your team can use right away.
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$20 Training Membership
Follow the new Parrot Key school as we move the video library, checklists, and field lessons into our own app.
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Mentorship Programs
Work directly with Neil through a mentorship shaped around your experience, goals, schedule, and the skills you need to improve.
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Request trainingFree training on YouTube
Watch Neil teach the work, not just talk about it.
The Parrot Key YouTube channel covers Xactimate Mobile, property photos, room measurements, estimate writing, and the small mistakes that send teams back to the property.
Field demonstrations Xactimate lessons Estimating examples
Watch the field demonstrationProven audience demand
Most-watched interior and roof lessons
New field tests
Auto Capture, sketch, and photo lessons
February 2026 / 11:56Auto Capture Tool in Action
Watch lesson and read the field notes
April 2026 / 12:08Sketch Adjacent Rooms and Take Photos
Watch lesson and read the field notes
May 2026 / 10:14Auto Capture Three-Room Test
Watch lesson and read the field notes
May 2026 / 27:35Auto Capture In-Depth Stress Test
Watch lesson and read the field notesParrot Key Training App / In development
The training library your crew can pull up in the driveway
We are moving the Parrot Key video library, checklists, and field lessons into our own app and website. The planned membership is $20 per month, with a practical library your crew can use from the truck, the property, or the office.
See the training app planGive every field rep the same photo reminder.
Request the Parrot Key Photo ChecklistJoin the early-access list
Get the launch note and founding-member details.
In-person training worldwide
Bring the training to your crew, wherever you are
Neil is based in Florida and will travel anywhere in the world for the right in-person training. Start with a lunch and learn or build a longer program around photos, Xactimate, Magicplan, estimates, and supplements.
Worldwide / In person
Office, supplier, or association training
Host Neil at your office, supplier branch, association, conference, or suitable field location. Domestic and international travel details are confirmed directly with your team.
Explore worldwide trainingWorldwide / Live virtual
Train a distributed field team
Bring several offices into one live session and teach everyone the same inspection and estimating process.
Request virtual training
Adjuster training
Built for independent and staff adjusters, too.
Parrot Key trains independent and staff adjusters in Xactimate Mobile, property inspections, photo documentation, estimating, and file organization, with individual and group formats available.
Explore adjuster training
Watch on magicplanFeatured by magicplan / September 2026
See Neil's field workflow featured by magicplan.
Magicplan's new video follows Neil through a workflow for carrying a field sketch into Xactimate without redrawing it. It is a strong look at how the tools connect when the documentation starts at the property.
Watch the official videoStart with the problem in front of you
Work with us
Tell us about the property, assignment, or skills your team wants to build. Include the location and the best way to reach you. Please leave private claim documents out of the public form.