Apartment toolbox: reasons for renters insurance

For most, the path to being all grown up eventually includes buying a home. But the giant step between renting and owning is crowded with little baby steps, things you would never consider for your first apartment but find essential a few years into the game. Renters insurance is one of those steps. Let’s face it: in our first apartment most of us don’t have stuff worth stealing. A few years later, buying some protection starts to make a little sense. About.com recently posted an article that spells out everything you’ll need to know about this safeguard.