Cruising  some of the neighborhoods to look at potential homes who are listed for sale for some of my  buyers and would you not know it ………    one of the neighbors took the trash out today and is now advertising to anyone who drives by that they are the proud owner of a 55 inch Samsung flat panel TV.

How tempting it was to pull into their driveway and knock on the door and make them aware of what they are doing by throwing out their un-collapsed box into the trash for the trash service to pick up on Thursday and today is only Tuesday. It would been better for them to collapse the box , turn it inside out ,make it as small as possible and string it together for the trash service to pick up.

One way to prevent your house to be burglarized is not to throw un-collapsed boxes from recent purchases like TV or other electronic items into the trash. You don’t want to advertise what you have in the house for someone to take.

When it is an item they can quickly turn around and sell very quickly on the open market or their drug dealer down the road they will.

Just a few days ago I had posted another blog called: “Spring break but not for burglars”. Where is gave some ideas on how to make sure that your home is not an open invitation for burglars when you are out for spring break.

Is this a guarantee to 100% prevent a burglary? No …but we can make sure we have done everything we can on our end to make sure that no one knows you left the home and it is unattended during work and play time and to make sure that no one knows what you all have they might be willing to steal while you are out.