Insure Your Home at Replacement Cost

When choosing homeowners insurance, you have the option to insure your home at either market value or replacement cost. If your home is destroyed, the difference in these two types of coverage is crucial and can be expensive. Here’s why you need to insure your home at replacement cost. Defining mark

Testing the Waters: Is Your Private Well Water Safe?

Municipal water is treated and delivered under strict health guidelines set at the state and federal levels. But if you own rural property with its own private well, the applicable regulations in many states are less stringent, federal laws governing public water systems do not apply, and owners are

Is Electronic Monitoring of Guests in Your Home Allowable?

Homeowners may want to use electronic monitoring equipment — video and audio — to monitor guests in their home in two situations. One is when a homeowner is selling her house and wants to monitor potential buyers during showings. The other is when the owner rents out a house via Airbnb. Is this sort