My Home Security Strategy: Where Do I Even Start?

Before spending serious cash on video cameras, hi-tech doorbells, motion sensors, and security systems,  I have a better place to start and it costs less.   Learn! 

Educate yourself on burglar habits and tendencies. Learn about home vulnerabilities that burglars try and exploit. KGW News asked 86 inmates, who were arrested for burglarizing homes, 17 questions about how they broke into homes. Their responses will come in handy as you develop your home security strategy. The inmates detail how they broke in to homes, what time of day they preferred to strike, and which homes they stayed away from due to security measures taken by the home owner. Click here to read the full article.

Know your neighbors is another helpful strategy. The more eyes and ears watching out for your home, the better.

Stay clear of the latest hi-tech, expensive home safety gadgets, and let facts that you are learning about drive your home security strategy.