Ha and so lot of people that get a letter, no matter how well it explains the process, just will not understand it, think its a scam, throw it away or not read it because it is cutting into their American Idol time.Then again, door knocking can get pretty expensive when you are driving all over town, half the people dont answer their door, the other half is at work and the third half thinks you are trying to do a home invasion lol.

If a resident owns their own home, as the landlord you can require they keep the home insured to standards you set as a condition of you allowing them to rent a lot.If you own the home and rent it to them, you can also require they carry insurance to the standards you set as a condition of allowing them to rent the home.The earlier comment suggesting specific insurance companies like Foremost or American Modern are spot on, because they are two of only five companies that will write the specific type of insurance you want in place.

I've heard on the news the best way to help is through a monetary donation to the American Red Cross if you are out-of-state or live far.

Born in the Philippines Island, grew up in Hawaii, and now living in the San Antonio, TX area which I claimed as the 10th Island - since it's very expensive to live in Hawaii where $719,000 is median home, I decided to bring the Hawaii culture here in SATX where $175K is the median home price.I became an accident landlord when a townhouse I cosigned when I was only 25-years old was about to foreclose on by American Savings Bank in Hawaii. 

I currenty have my cash reserves with American Express at .85%.

Im all full time worker for American Airlines as an Aircraft Mechanic.

There's tons of aspects about real estate that you can learn from professional associations and REI is not a professional organization, I'm talking about sites for the Appraisal Institute, American Land Title Association, Law Review, "white papers" by attorneys and CPAs, as well as government sites like the CFPB, FNMA, FDIC, and yes, the IRS.

I'm an absolute immigrant newbie from Kenya, who had the false notion that this market was rigged coz everyone used to tell me that the real estate agent would find me the best deal.Thanks to finding this community &a...

AHP Fund (American Homeowner Preservation Fund), but they just sent out an email that they're temporarily suspending new investments due to overwhelming demand.

ET Homeowners soon will be able to count income they earn from Airbnb Inc. rentals on applications for refinance loans.A new program -- expected to be announced on Thursday by Airbnb, mortgage giant Fannie Mae and three big lenders -- will allow anyone who has rented out property on Airbnb for a year or longer to count some or all of that money as income.Refinancing can be a way for a homeowner to tap home equity for renovations, college tuition or other big expenses, or to reduce their monthly payments.Lenders have been tougher on income from side businesses and part-time work since the mid-2000s, when poorly documented income claims on mortgage applications helped fuel the housing bubble.Airbnb, which launched in 2008, argues that its service includes reliable technology to track income, and that it is helping middle-class Americans stay in their homes by giving them a way to generate additional cash."