All Forum Posts by: Winn Merwin

Hello,

My wife and I own a SFH rental property in Augusta, GA and live in the greater Atlanta area. We recently moved from Augusta and are in the process of buying a duplex in Augusta as a rental. We currently have all our personal insurance with Allstate but when we asked them to add a second landlord policy for the duplex they could not insure it for close to the purchase price.

The property is a duplex built in 1916 but has been completely renovated in the last 4 years with new wiring, appliances, roof, HVAC and water heater, drywall etc. The Allstate guy was able to give me a quote through American Modern Insurance Group, but the price was significantly more than expected or the policy for our SFH rental.

Has anyone worked with an insurance company with solid rates for century old renovated duplexes in the Augusta/Atlanta area?

Also would a policy with another company be covered under our current umbrella policy with Allstate? I am waiting on a response from them.

Thanks in advance.

Winn and Kaitlin Merwin

Sounds great. Good luck! Let me know if you need anything. 

Jung,

I lived in Augusta for 4 years until August 2016 when I moved to Braselton GA. My wife and I currently have a rental property in the Augusta area and are looking to add more.  South augusta towards fort Gordon has been a depressed area for many years.  The appreciation you see around the fort is likely due to the military increasing the size of the cyber command in the area.  Current talk is that the fort will greatly increase in size in the coming years. I am not sure if anything official has been announced though.  We really grew to like the Augusta area and believe it is a good place to begin investing in real-estate.