Homeownership comes with a variety of advantages. You are investing in a property and gaining equity instead of forking over rent to a landlord every month, you have a house you can call your own as well as a pretty nice tax deduction every year. However, it’s not all upside when it comes to homeownership […]
It’s getting to the end of the year, which means holiday parties, shorter days and depending on where you live, plenty of cold and snow. It also means that it’s time to review your financial situation before year-end and the start of the tax season. Take a few minutes or hours over the next month […]
Since Hurricane Irma, we have received a number of questions regarding homeowners insurance and what is covered. We thought this week we would look at the question of who pays for damage to the outside of a condominium building and whose insurance covers any damage done to the interior of a unit. This issue came […]
According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, footage of the damage done by Hurricane Harvey should act as a wake-up call for South California. Harvey is an excellent example of the type of extensive damage and life changing impact that a major weather or earthquake event can have on community. “Both natural […]
Hurricane Irma and Harvey have done billions of dollars in damage and if your home was uninsured when the storm hit, you will be on the hook for the cost of rebuilding. In the days leading up to the storms hitting, most insurers stopped writing homeowner and car insurance polices in the areas most likely […]
Hurricane Harvey has done a massive amount of damage, in fact it is too early to even get a sense of the total costs of this hurricane. Adding insult to injury is the fact that Hurricane Irma is now bearing down on the Florida Keys and parts of mainland Florida. If your home is located […]
Imagine this: A hailstorm rolls through town and does serious damage to the siding on your house. The hail only damages one side of your home while the other three are just fine. Your insurance company agrees to replace the damaged siding but when the repairs begin it turns out that the color of your […]
It’s back-to-school time and if your child is headed off to college there are numerous things you will have to do to make sure they have a great college experience. One of those things is making sure they are fully insured while they are studying at college. Making sure your child is properly insured not […]
Most of us file our homeowners insurance policy in the back of the filing cabinet until we need to make a claim. In many cases, that policy will stay in the filing cabinet and out of sight for quite a long time as the majority of homeowners rarely make a claim on their policy. According […]
In October, roughly 50,000 Palm Beach County properties will be reclassified as either touching or being in a flood zone, which could dramatically change the cost of their homeowners insurance. However, a new map that was made available this week on a county website is leaving many homeowners confused and unsure about where their property […]