A wet kitchen floor. The trampoline in the backyard. That balcony railing that's always been a little unsteady. The house or apartment you rent may be home sweet home, but it's also filled with ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Logan is an experienced writer, producer, and editorial leader. As a journalist, he ...

Chris Kissell has been a journalist for three decades and has written extensively about insurance and other personal finance topics for the past 20 years. For the last 14 years, he has been a ...

Imagine a leak in your bedroom ruins your clothes, fries your laptop and forces you to spend a few nights in a hotel while repairs are made. If you own your home, you probably have homeowners ...