VIDEO: How to Create a Home Inventory for Insurance

Pop quiz: Tell us everything that’s in your house or apartment right now. Oh, you can’t? Well … neither can we. But what we can tell you is that we have a comprehensive home inventory that we update regularly.

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A home inventory is just a list of every single thing you own, including furniture, appliances, electronics, wall art, every last hoodie and pair of leggings in your closet, and all your other worldly possessions. In the event of a natural disaster like a wildfire, earthquake, tornado or hurricane, or another type of fire like electrical or arson, or a theft or burglary, you can use this list to tell the insurance company what exactly you lost so they can reimburse you.

Watch our video above for a step-by-step guide to creating a home inventory for the purpose of documenting possessions for insurance. We cover the following topics:

• How to create a home inventory checklist for insurance

• Home inventory tips

• Home inventory for disaster preparedness

• Best home inventory apps

• Free tools for home inventory

• Why you need a home inventory

• Organizing your home inventory

• Protecting valuables with a home inventory

• How to inventory your home for renters insurance if you’re an apartment dweller

• Easiest ways to catalog household possessions

• Creating a digital home inventory

• Home inventory spreadsheets and templates

After watching the video, we encourage you to drop a comment if you have additional tips — and if you learned something there, please like and share!

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