When you buy your homeowners insurance policy, you’ve got some choices. There are choices to make about how much of a deductible you want to have. There are choices about how much coverage you want, too. You can get the bare minimum insurance coverage you’d need to replace your home and your things in the [...]
Read More →While a home with lasers doesn’t sound nearly as cool as sharks with lasers (thank you, Austin Powers) the fact of the matter is you can use laser technology to help secure your home. The laser beams don’t fry intruders, but they do detect whether or not someone is coming into your home. Using such [...]
Read More →Sinkhole claims in Pasco County, FL., went from a few hundred thousand dollars in 2001 to $45 million in 2005.
What happened was that in 2005, many homes had sinkhole claims. The insurance companies paid out but the homeowner’s never repaired the sinkholes. Instead, the homes were sold for 50 or 60 cents on the dollar.
Sinkhole [...]
KMBC-TV out of Kansas City, MO, reported a homeowner’s insurance dispute between homeowner Kyle Hendricks and American Family Insurance.
If you go into Hendrick’s attic, you’ll find leaks from holes in the roof. Â So many leaks, in fact, that the homeowner has set up several plastic containers to collect all the water coming through the roof. [...]
This isn’t a great time to sell a house. In fact, it’s a downright crappy market. Still, if you must, you must. And, if you’re going to do it, you may as well do it right. Take the steps you need to take in order to get the most you can for your home.
Staging is [...]