8/13/2019 Essential Home Security Tips to Protect Yourself
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4. Easy Garage Doors
It has been estimated that about 18% of the time a break in
occurs because of an
unlocked garage door. The first important takeaway here, which
is extremelycommon, is not to leave your garage door opener remote
sitting in a car parkedin your driveway. This is one of the first
things a thief thinks about, because
although they might not always get that dream come true -- if
they did it would beextremely easy for them!
Even though it's a little extra work, consider putting a
deadbolt on your garagedoor on the inside of your garage. Sure, you
might have to unlock it each timeyou need to access the garage, but
it only takes less than a minute and can giveyou real peace of
mind.
5. Easily Locatable Keys
By now you should know that leaving your keys under a doormat is
so old hat
that this is one of the first things that burglar's mind thinks
about. Still yet, peoplecontinue to try and hide their home keys in
such an obvious place. Then therewas the invention of the "fake
poop", which only gave criminals an easier andfaster time to break
into people's homes. Basically, that invention was justadvertising
all over the place for burglars to know where to look. Plant pots
andhiding the key above the door frame don't work too either.
Instead, the best place to hide your keys is on your person.
Always have abackup pair just in case you should lose your original
set and entrust them with aneighbor that you know really well or a
family member for backup.
