Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Tangible personal property can be felt or touched and physically moved. Examples include ...

A chattel mortgage is a loan used to purchase an item of movable personal property or equipment, such as a vehicle, which ...

Amy Fontinelle is a freelance writer, researcher and editor who brings a journalistic approach to personal finance content. Since 2004, she has worked with lenders, real estate agents, consultants, ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

When planning their estates, most people focus on major assets, such as business interests, real estate, investments and retirement plans. But it’s also important to “sweat the small stuff” — tangible ...

Scheduled personal property coverage is worth a look if you have expensive belongings that aren’t fully covered by your home insurance policy. Standard home insurance policies cover some kinds of ...

Many estate-planning attorneys use a personal property memorandum (memo) for the disposition of personal property. It’s used when the attorney drafts a client’s will to allow the client to change ...

Personal property insurance is a component of standard homeowners policies that extends coverage beyond the structure of your home to your personal possessions. Coverage limits vary by policy. There ...