{"id":92,"date":"2024-04-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2024-04-29T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:01:35","slug":"renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few differences between the pros and cons of renting or owning a home, but both should be adequately ensured for your protection. Here are some key things to consider when making a decision.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Considerations of Renting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Renting allows you to move any time you choose, and getting renters insurance is much cheaper than home coverage. You can also experiment with housing types and neighborhoods. Getting a rental requires a few landlord checks, and buying a home involves lender approval and loans. Renting also makes the landlord liable for making repairs, while owners must handle them personally.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What To Know About Home Ownership<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Owning a home allows you the freedom to change the home without landlord approval. It should also be considered that a homeowner can sell the property anytime, forcing you to move to a new home. One of the best perks of owning a home is that you are making an investment that can be sold at any time or passed on to a relative if you desire.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Home and Renters Insurance Are Essential<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While renting and owning have benefits and drawbacks, having insurance is a must. Home insurance covers the owner&rsquo;s interiors and exteriors to minimize out-of-pocket expenses. Renters&#8217; insurance protects the tenants&#8217; possessions should an incident occur. Both policies should cover the inside and outside of the home. Coverage should also protect the occupants&#8217; belongings and persons against injuries.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Insure Rental and Homes with Exceptional Coverage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Regardless of whether you opt to rent or own, it&rsquo;s important to have the correct type of insurance in place. Rental policies differ from homeowner policies, so be sure to discuss these with one of our experienced agents at Lee Insurance Agency LLC in North Carolina. We&rsquo;ll help you find the coverage that best suits your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few differences between the pros and cons of renting or owning a home, but both should be adequately ensured for your protection. Here are some key things to consider when making a decision. The Considerations of Renting Renting allows you to move any time you choose, and getting renters insurance is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,13],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-lee-insurance-agency-llc","tag-north-carolina"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC |\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-29T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-29T19:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \\u2013 Here\\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\",\"headline\":\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-29T04:00:00-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-29T13:01:35-06:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Home Insurance, Lee Insurance Agency LLC, North Carolina\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home Insurance\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home Insurance\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/home-insurance\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home Insurance\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/63993fa10bbcbeb19f0a00b83a2ed70faa51c8f2d478be68260ba2fbe92bf622?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"admin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/\",\"name\":\"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \\u2013 Here\\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/agentinsure\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-29T04:00:00-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-29T13:01:35-06:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/","robots":"max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#article","name":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","headline":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T04:00:00-06:00","dateModified":"2024-04-29T13:01:35-06:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Home Insurance, Lee Insurance Agency LLC, North Carolina"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","name":"Home Insurance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Home Insurance","item":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#listItem","name":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/#listItem","name":"Home Insurance"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63993fa10bbcbeb19f0a00b83a2ed70faa51c8f2d478be68260ba2fbe92bf622?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"admin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/","name":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/author\/agentinsure\/#author"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T04:00:00-06:00","dateModified":"2024-04-29T13:01:35-06:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/","name":"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC |","og:type":"article","og:title":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC","og:url":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/","article:published_time":"2024-04-29T10:00:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-04-29T19:01:35+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why | Blog | Lee Insurance Agency LLC"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"92","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2024-04-29 19:14:08","updated":"2025-06-04 08:53:01","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/\" title=\"Home Insurance\">Home Insurance<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tRenting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer \u2013 Here\u2019s Why\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog"},{"label":"Home Insurance","link":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/category\/home-insurance\/"},{"label":"Renting vs. Owning a Home: Protect Your Property No Matter Which You Prefer &#8211; Here&#8217;s Why","link":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/renting-vs-owning-a-home-protect-your-property-no-matter-which-you-prefer-heres-why\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leeinsurancenc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}