13 Cheap Simple and Smart ways to secure your Home

You don't have to be wealthy to have a superbly protected home. You just need to have some common sense.

1. Keep your doors locked ove ight! Smoke blows through my ears and nostrils every time I read about someone "entering through an unlocked door" in the middle of the night and committing a sicko crime. This goes for windows, too. Rapists love to enter through unlocked windows. If you're a big male bruiser with no children, and these things don't scare you, then consider that you could still be up against a burglar with a gun to your head as you're counting sheep.
2. Keep doors and windows locked during the daytime when you're home, too. Not all intruders operate in the dead of night.
3. Keep the garage locked: always.
4. Though some locks cost a lot more than others, we're talking about door locks, not cars. If you want a $60 lock badly enough, this money will come out of the woodwork.
5. Make your home looked lived in at all times. The BeOn smart lighting home security system is affordable and doesn't have the month to month monitoring costs.
6. Always keep the alarm on. A deranged sociopath doesn't care if you're home and it's 2:00 in the afte oon when he needs money for his next drug fix.
7. Make sure that your valuables are not visible through any windows.
8. Never hide keys near doors because burglars will find them. Go keyless entry or leave keys with a neighbor.
9. When you're out, leave a TV on so that its flickering light makes your house look occupied. Use automatic timed lighting devices.
10. Never announce on social media your travel plans.
11. Always break down the boxes that expensive items came in before leaving them curbside for trash pickup.
12. Put a vacation stop on your mail and newspaper delivery when you travel if you don't have a trusted neighbor who can collect them for you.
13. You won't appear to be on vacation if a neighbor uses your driveway to park their car.