Over a month ago, there was a house that caught fire which extended to my rental property.  It only effected the siding of the house with some electrical damage.  Also, the door got busted in by the fire dept.  The ho...

Hi everyone, I'll be getting my first STR on the market soon and I've started to wonder about liability if a guest gets hurt or something happens to them during their stay. 
Does airbnb have a built in liability waiv...

I always try to keep up with new statutes so I am informed but I didn't notice that in Florida we now have to allow a tenant to have a waterbed and can require floatation insurance. 83.535 Flotation bedding system; re...

I've got a total 18 units in my personal name and plan on acquiring more. I'm a little behind the ball on this, but I decided I need an umbrella policy for protection. Each property has $500K in liability, but I have ...

I have water damage to my home and my homeowners insurance was involved immediately. I used a mitigation company with a good reputation I chose and the insurance company accepted. Their remodeling arm put in an estima...

Hi BiggerpocketsI was just told by a philadelphia real estate agent that all title companies in philly charged the same fee when closing a property because they are regulated. Just want to confirm this with local expe...

I am in the process of buying my second property when the insurance agent calls and says that none of the companies they represent will insure my property for replacement cost.  Best they can do is an ACV of 148% of m...

The lender is escrowing for insurance. I talked to my own insurance agent, and he told me that even if I add myself as an additional insured I still wouldn't have liability coverage.

I have the property in my pers...

I have a property in which the tenant had a "cooking accident" that sent flames up to the ceiling, and burnt a whole into the bedroom above.  The work order from my property manager is for $6120.00, and my deductible ...

We've had a brutal winter in Chicago this year! Lots of snow and ice.

So a tenant in one of our building's rents an illegal basement apartment. We bought the building in Oct and inherited the tenant - I didn'...