Are renters in Fairfax required to obtain renter's insurance?
The Commonwealth of Virginia does not require that renters in Fairfax to purchase renter’s insurance. However, leases prepared by our property managers require that renters buy a renter's insurance policy which pays for losses of the tenant's personal property due to theft, fire, renter negligence, or if someone is injured at the property. A’s insurance policy protects the rental property from loss, but not the tenant’s personal property if it is damaged, destroyed or stolen. Please contact your insurance agent to let them know that you are putting your property into service.
Landlord Reference
a handy archive for landlords in Fairfax
- Before you move a tenant into your property in Fairfax
- Collections and evictions
- Communications with the renter
- During the lease term
- End of lease term and what happens when a renter breaks the lease
- How does the landlord get paid?
- How your property management company handles the association and your community
- How your management company handles utilities
- How we find renters
- Insurance matters for rental investors using our rental management
- How Nesbitt Management handles keys
- Fairfax property owner responsibilities
- Maintenance, repairs & inspections for your property in Fairfax
- The move-in inspection
- Property management information form
- Selling a 1031 tax exchange & more
- Starting our management of your property
- When property owners don't yet know their new address
- Vetting tenants in Fairfax