crime prevention

Keeping Your Home Safe When It’s On the Market

By Karen Eubank / May 2, 2019 /

It’s spring and selling season is in full swing. Putting your home on the market means a lot of people are going to tour your house and they will see a lot of information about you if you are not careful. It’s easy to determine someone’s schedule and upcoming plans by a glance at a…

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Five Open House Lessons Every Seller Should Know

By Bethany Erickson / January 30, 2018 /
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Ask just about any homeowner who has ever sold a home — the looming prospect of an open house is daunting. There’s the cleanup involved (it really doesn’t matter if you’re normally a very clean person, there’s just something about people coming into your home that brings you to your grout with a toothbrush at…

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Is Your House a Target for Holiday Crime?

By Bethany Erickson / December 11, 2015 /

Noelle Dixon is already down a couple of gifts thanks to package thieves that hit her Lakewood-area home last night and absconded with a shirt for her and a shirt for her daughter. Last year, thieves hit several locations, including homes in Midway Hollow, where two thieves were caught after they tried to pawn the…

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