Back in the day my other life as I called it, the restaurant business was how I made my living. It didnt take too long to learn there were only three groups of people trying to steal from you: employees, customers and suppliers.
As far as employees were concerned, being the nave bumpkin, I thought they were all honest until given the opportunity to take something. In other words put some obstacles in their way and chances are honesty will prevail. Dont make it easy!
The same notion applies to protecting your home whether you are out of town or not. Put some obstacles in the way-DONT MAKE IT EASY!
Here are some simple easy steps to take to protect your home.
1.Make sure your home always looks like someones there and not vacated.
Little things like leave your curtains open but dont have valuables like TVs etc. in plain sight.
Stop the newspaper, have someone mow the lawn, stop deliveries if you are away.
Leave lights on. Dont be so obvious that no one is at home.
2.Always secure your house.
If you have a burglar alarm set it. Lock windows and doors-even upper level windows. Lock the garage and make sure your tools are...