Vacancy insurance while I’m away on military

[Gregg Reinbold]

Any options other than vacancy insurance while away on military orders? I hired a manager to rent out my house when I was deployed to Afghanistan a few years ago. Things didn’t go well and I ended up letting the property manager go and evicting most of the tenants she put in the multi unit when I got home.

I’m on orders again (reservist) away from home. My wife and I decided that it was too much for her to manage the property while I was away this time, so it’s vacant. I lived in the house for over 20 years and plan on moving back in the next couple years after I retire from the reserves.

I do stay at the house when I visit my family, but my wife and kids don’t stay there when I’m away.

Normally I would say it’s a second home, but my mortgage holder insists I have vacancy insurance when I away on orders.