When the economy took a turn for the worse, many recent graduates and other young adults found themselves moving in with family to wait out the storm. Renting from family or renting with a family member is a great way…
Category: Renters Insurance (page 24)
Purchasing your first home safe
If you’ve already taken the important step of protecting your apartment’s contents with renters insurance, you probably also want to protect any valuables that you keep within your apartment – things like jewelry, cash, coins or precious metals, passports, birth…
Houston disaster illustrates importance of renters insurance
A tragedy last August in which 24 apartments were destroyed in an apartment complex fire illustrates the need to always have an emergency preparedness plan and to have renters insurance for your personal and possession protection. When looking for apartments…
How are insurance rates determined?
Learn how Resident Shield determines the cost of your insurance. At Resident Shield, we take multiple factors into consideration before issuing an insurance policy. No two renters are exactly alike, so each policy is handled with personalized attention and care.…
Spring Break Safety
Whether you are relaxing at home this spring break or planning to travel, your friends at Resident Shield have a few tips that will usher you and your property effortlessly into summer. Home security Neighborly Love- If you will be…
One More Reason to Get Renter’s Insurance
If you happen to have found an apartment that is somehow in the one part of the country that is never affected by natural disaster of any kind – no wildfire, snowstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes — (where is this apartment…
Is renters insurance required?
Many people rent simply to avoid the hassle and expense of home ownership. The assumption is that when a tenant pays rent, the landlord handles all of the legal obligations and maintenance issues related to the property. Unfortunately, a renter is…
10 ways to protect your possessions from fire
Protecting our belongings is so important. We work hard for what we own, and we want to safeguard our belongings. Most of us take measures against things like theft by ensuring that we lock our doors. But what can we…