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LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE LICENSEE EMERGENCY CLAIM FORM - Louisiana - 2010-A - Jude Thomas Smith - Signed
LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE LICENSEE EMERGENCY CLAIM FORM - Louisiana - 2010-A - Jude Thomas Smith - Signed
I. INSTRUCTIONS
1. You m ay fi ll out a nd s ubmit a Cl aim Form and s upporting d ocuments to Nation al Catastrop he Adju ster (“NCA”) on line a t
http://www.larealtors.org/oilspill If yo u d o n ot sub mit yo ur claim o nline, fo llow In structions 2 -4 b elow and th e o ther in structions
contained in this Claim Form to submit your claim and sup porting documents by mail, email, overnight delivery, fax or i n person.
(See page 6 for contact information.)
2. Type your answers or print them in black ink, attaching additional information if n eeded. If yo u are an individual claimant, enter
your Social Se curity Number in the box at the top of eac h page. If y ou are a brokerage firm claimant, enter y our Tax Identification
Number.
3. NCA will assign you a Claimant Number. That Claimant Number will allow you to track the status of your claim online and will be
your claim identification number throughout the claims process. After submitting your application, you will get information on how
to monitor the status of your claim online or by phone. To contact NCA about the status of your claim, please dial 1-800-968-4456.
5. Claimants must have been actively-licensed in Louisiana at the time damages were incurred to be eligible under this fund. The only
claims allowed under this emergency fund are for tho se based on loss of income as a re sult of the Spill. Claims based on a loss of
commission for a specific transaction may only be filed by a broker or brokerage firm. C ommissions lost on both Residential &
Commercial sales are eligible. Both Brokers and sales associates may file individually for a loss of income. Claims that ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE for this fund include commercial real estate income, rental income, rental commissions and claims resulting from property
damage or ot her personal claims. These cl aims should be filed with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility directly. Lo ss of c ommissions
caused by the moratorium on drilling will not be considered. As this is an emergency fund, it is not designed to fully reimburse losses.
Initial claims are restricted to loss of income from April 20, 2010, through July 31, 2010. Subsequent claims may be filed for
loss of income from August 1, 2010, through October 31, 2010, and November 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011, depending
on fund availability. A separate claim will be required for each corresponding time period.
1. Last Name:
2. First Name:
3. Middle Name:
Street
4. Current Address:
Parish Country
5. Home Phone
( | | ) | | | | - | | | | |
Number:
6. Cell Phone
( | | ) | | | | - | | | | |
Number:
7. Email Address:
This sectio n is to b e co mpleted ONLY if you a re applying as a brokera ge firm and n ot as an i ndividual cl aimant. All brokerage firm
Claimants must complete each question in this section.
Street
1022 SAINT PETER STREET #204
14. Brokerage firm City State Zip
Address: NEW ORLEANS LA 70116
Parish Countr y
ORLEANS USA
15. Phone Number: 888-657-5833
( | | ) | | /| 504-237-5833
| - | | | | |
For each claim type checked above, you must provide documentation or evidence of the damage or injury. Exhibit A to this Claim
Form lists the supporting documentation you must submit to support each claim type.
30. Date you began losing income: For all claimants please
provide your market condition before your loss was
experienced.
$ __________
36. Describe in detail how and why your market has been affected by the Spill. Please also provide a description of how your
market has been affected within the parishes described below. Attach additional pages if necessary:
VII. SIGNATURE
(C.8) State the sources of income or types of customers for the business at the time of the Spill:
I AM A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI, SPECIALIZING IN
THE GULF COAST REGION. I BELONG TO TEN MLS(S) MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES, INCLUDING THE GULF
COAST REAL ESTATE INFORMATION NETWORK, GULF COAST AREA MLS, HATTIESBURG MLS, JACKSON MLS,
NORTHWEST MS MLS, BATON ROUGE AREA MLS, ALL HEAVILY AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER. I REPRESENT
HOMESELLERS WITH AN AVERAGE HOMEVALUE OF $297,000.00.
(C.9) Describe the nature of business at the time of the Spill:
THE NATURE OF MY BUSINESS IS AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SINCE INSUMPTION. I AM A LICENSED REAL ESTATE
BROKERAGE IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI, SPECIALIZING IN THE GULF COAST REGION. I BELONG TO
TEN MLS(S) MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES, INCLUDING THE GULF COAST REAL ESTATE INFORMATION NETWORK, GULF
COAST AREA MLS, HATTIESBURG MLS, JACKSON MLS, NORTHWEST MS MLS, BATON ROUGE AREA MLS, ALL HEAVILY
AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER. I REPRESENT HOMESELLERS WITH AN AVERAGE HOMEVALUE OF $297,000.00.
(C.10) Describe in detail any efforts you have made to increase revenues or reduce costs since the Spill:
I HAVE HAD TO INCREASE MY MARKETING BUDGET WITH REALTOR.COM FOR ADVANCED MARKETING RIGHT AROUND $1,000.00
MORE PER MONTH. IN ADDITION, I HAVE HAD TO SLASH MY FEES WEEKLY, BY AS MUCH AS 50% TO INTICE BUSINESS. I ALSO
DECREASED MY REFERRAL FEE SUBSTANTIALLY TO ATTRACT MORE PERSONAL REFERRALS FROM OTHER HOME MARKETING
FIRMS. I HAVE AND CONTINUE TO DEVOTE COUNTLESS HOURS IN THE FIELD PERSONALLY PROMOTING ME AND MY SERVICES. I
HAVE INVESTED THE REST OF MY SAVINGS AND ADDITIONAL TIME IN UPDATING MY BUSINESS PRACTICES ONLINE, IN HOPES OF
STAYING COMPETITIVE AND A LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY.
(C.11) State the total amount in operating costs you have saved (or were able to avoid) as a result $0.00
$_____________________
of reduced operations since the Spill:
(C.12) State the total loss in revenues the business has suffered as a result of the Spill to date and how you have calculated those
losses:
MY CLAIM IS FOR $56,500.00, WHICH IS ACTUAL LOSS FROM LOST REVENUE PLUS ADDITIONAL MEASURES
TAKEN TO INCREASE BUSINESS AND REDUCED FEES ACCEPTED TO INTICE CLIENTS. $75,000 IS MORE OF A
REASONABLE FIGURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REALIZED HAD I NOT HAD TO UNDERGO THIS UNDUE
STRESS, WHICH HALTED MY PROGRESS, NOT TO MENTION THE TOLL THIS HAS TAKEN ON MY HEALTH, BOTH
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, OF WHICH IS ONGOING AND TOO PRICELESS TO EVEN PUT A FIGURE ON.
(C.13) State the total loss in profits the business has suffered as a result of the Spill to date and how you have calculated those
losses:
$75,000 IS MORE OF A REASONABLE FIGURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REALIZED HAD I NOT
HAD TO UNDERGO THIS UNDUE STRESS, WHICH HALTED MY PROGRESS, NOT TO MENTION THE
TOLL THIS HAS TAKEN ON MY HEALTH, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, OF WHICH IS ONGOING
AND TOO PRICELESS TO EVEN PUT A FIGURE ON.
(C.14) Provide a description of the loss the business sustained as a result of the Spill and how the loss occurred:
I BELIEVE THAT QUESTION TO BE INSULTING AND INSENSITIVE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ASK OR WHAT PROFESSION THEY ARE IN.
FROM DAY ONE, THE DOOM AND GLOOM AND UNCERTAINTY OF WAY OF LIFE, OUR FAMILIES, OUR HOMES, OUR LIVELIHOOD,
HAVE ALL SHATTERED THE VERY LIFE OUT OF US. EVERTHING I HAVE PUT INTO THE GULFSOUTH REGION IN HOPES OF A
BRIGHTER AND BETTER FUTURE ARE UP IN SMOKE. PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO MOVE HERE. THOSE WHO DO LIVE HERE, ARE
UNABLE TO MOVE AND SELL THEIR HOMES. THAT IS THE RESULT OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE WITH GLIM FORCAST OF YET TO
COME.
I certify that the inform ation prov ided in this Clai m Form is true and accurate to the be st of m y knowledge, a nd I understa nd t hat false
statements or claims made in connection with this Claim Form may result in fines, imprisonment, and/or any other remedy available by law
to the Federal Government, and that suspicious claims will b e forwarded to federal, state, and local law enfo rcement agencies for possible
investigation and prosecution.
By submitting this Claim Form, I conse nt to the use an d disclosure by NCA and those assisting NCA of a ny information about me that it
believes necessary and/or helpful to process my clai m for compensation and any a ward resulting from that clai m, including a ny appeal of
that award, and/or as otherwise required by law, regulation or judicial process.
By signing below, claimant shall and does hereby agree to hold Louisiana Realtors and NCA and their respective officers, employees,
agents, or other representatives wholly harmless for any and all causes of action, claims, damage, loss, costs and expenses whatsoever
(including attorneys' fees) arising out of this claim and from any cause or causes. Such causes include, but are not limited to, Louisiana
Realtors or NCA's negligence, errors, omissions, strict liability, breach of contract, or breach of warranty. Neither Louisiana Realtors nor
NCA assume any liability for damages to others which may arise on account of this claims process.
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Signature: Jude Thomas Smith
Jude Thomas Smith (Dec 29, 2010)
Dec 29, 2010
Date: (Month/Day/Year)
When at taching y our su pporting d ocuments, be su re t o p rovide t he appropriate identifi cation num ber (your Social Security Number , or
other Tax Identification Number). On Exhibit A to this Claim Form, check off each type of document you are submitting in support of your
claim. Attach all supporting documents to the Claim Form and submit your Claim to NCA Group.
Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Landry, St. Martin, St.
Mary, St. Tammany, Terrebonne and Vermillion.
You must provide documentation for each claim. If you do not have each of the documents required for payment but have another type of
proof that you b elieve supp orts you r clai m, ch eck the last ite m o n the list, “O ther pr oof, if applicable,” and pr ovide th at documentation.
Provide as many types of such documentation as yo u have available. NCA Grou p will ev aluate your claim based on th e information and
documentation you submit and will contact you if additional documentation is necessary.
Use the check boxes beside each type of documentation to indicate whether providing that document. Pe r LA R.S. 37:1446, only a broker
of record may receive compensation that is related to a real estate transaction.
This section of Exhibit A applies to Individual Claimants only. Brokerage firm Claimants should proceed to the next section of
Exhibit A. You m ust provide documentation for each cl aim. If you do not ha ve each of the doc uments required for paym ent but ha ve
another type of proof that you believe supports your claim, check the last item on the list, “Oth er proof, if ap plicable,” and provide that
documentation. Prov ide as many types of such documentation as you have available. NCA Group will evaluate your claim based on the
information and documentation you submit and will contact you if additional documentation is necessary.
Use the check boxes beside each type of documentation to indicate whether you are providing that document.
This section of Exhibit A applies to Brokerage firm Claimants only. The Brokerage firm Claimant must provide documentation for
each type of i njury or dam age claim ed in Section IV.C of t he Claim Form. If t he Brokerage firm Claimant does not have e ach of the
documents required for a payment but has another type of proof that the Brokerage firm Claimant believes supports its claim, check the last
item o n th e li st, “Oth er proo f, if ap plicable,” and p rovide t hat doc umentation. Pr ovide as m any types of suc h doc umentation as th e
Brokerage firm Cla imant has available. NCA Grou p will evaluate the claim based on the information and documentation submitted and
will contact the Authorized Brokerage firm Representative if additional documentation is necessary.
Use the check boxes beside each type of documentation to indicate whether the Brokerage firm is providing that document.
10. Monthly sales records from January 2010 through July 2010
This section of Exhibit A applies to loss of transactions only and may only be filed by a broker/brokerage firm. The Claimant must
provide documentation for each type of i njury or damage claimed in Section IV of the Claim Form. I f the Brokerage firm Claimant does
not have each of the documents required for a payment but has another type of proof that the Brokerage firm Claimant believes supports its
claim, check t he last item on the list, “Ot her p roof, i f a pplicable,” a nd provide t hat d ocumentation. Pr ovide as m any t ypes o f su ch
documentation as the Brokerage fi rm Claimant has a vailable. NCA will evaluate the claim based o n the information and documentation
submitted and will contact the Authorized Brokerage firm Representative if additional documentation is necessary.
Use the check boxes beside each type of documentation to indicate whether the Brokerage firm is providing that document.
1. Li sting Agreement
Status: SIGNED
Signed document emailed to Jude Thomas Smith (sharpmls@yahoo.com) and Jude Thomas Smith
(sharpmls@gmail.com)
December 29, 2010 - 3:27 PM CST