Rental Property Insurance and Why Loss of Rent is So Important

One the easiest and fastest ways of making onethree month job takes five to six months.
rental property insurance policy CHEAPER, isSo six months later the repairs are done, the
simply to remove, or not to offer, the loss ofapartment unit looks great and your previous
rent to the landlord. This one coverage alone couldtenants are gone. They needed someplace to live
be the difference between bankruptcy or profitand could not wait around for you, even if they
on your rental property. Worst of all, it cost onlydid, what about all that loss of rent for the last
pennies of day on your insurance premiums.six months. What rental property owners forget
Here is a great example:is that the bank does not wait for their mortgage
Imagine your four unit apartment building, thepayment, they still want paid while the building is
lowest tenant, teenager is making French friesbeing repaired. Also you rely on that income for
with some friends and forgets about the fries foryour own needs. You don't want to volunteer
just a minute or two. The next thing you knowyour profit for six months and why should you.
you have a moderate to average kitchen fire.This is where los of rent comes in at. It pays you
Everyone gets out, nobody is hurt but you dowhat you would have been receiving if the
have some and a ton of water damage thru allapartment never had the loss. You still get paid
four units of the building. The fire fighters, arewhile all the repairs are being made, you still have
more concerned about getting the fire out thanmoney coming in to pay the mortgage bill, the
the damage they cause and you have carpet,property tax etc. Of course, you still get paid the
water, smoke, fire damage just everywhere.profit you would have made so you can pay your
From roof to basement it is just one big mess.own bills.
Not to worry, you have insurance that pays forLoss of rent is vital to your rental property
the fire and the clean up but you did not buy theinsurance package. One make sure you have it,
loss of rent coverage, or you have some but notthen make sure you have enough of it. What is
enough, (most policies that offer loss of incomeyour monthly total rent for the apartment building,
never have enough of it for a rental property).times that buy a minimum of nine months. That is
Now not every contractor is going to dropthe least amount that you need. Best of all, it is
everything they are doing to jump on your job,probably the cheapest coverage on your Rental
you need wait. You wait for the adjuster, the fireProperty Insurance policy to increase or to add. It
marshal, the contractors, the bids, the buildingliterally cost pennies a day and is the difference
permits, the workers, the weather. A two tobetween bankruptcy and profits to you.