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Updated over 3 years ago on . Most recent reply

Which Insurance for This (Slightly) Complicated Situation?
Hi everyone, just joined after reading a great deal here. Hoping like many to become a real estate investor over time, but for the moment I had a question which I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out:
What would be the best / most appropriate insurance configuration in this situation:
- My wife is the title holder for a single family home
- She does not live at the home
- Her parents live at the home, rent free
- Her brother pays the mortgage on the home and he plans to rent out two rooms in the house to long term tenants (strangers)
- Her parents will continue to live in the rest of the home, rent free (this is fine, just putting it here in case it affects the insurance)
- My wife and I are able to visit the home at any time and do so regularly to see her parents
All I want to make sure is that we (my wife) are covered from all angles on insurance. Up to now and before renting it out, we had homeowners insurance + umbrella liability.
Am I correct that we now need landlord's insurance + umbrella liability?
Thank you for your help in advance - it's been surprisingly difficult to find this out..