2008 Home security tips & pointers for Americans

Does your home look dark and gloomy like some kind of a haunted house at night? I certainly hope not but in case your home does looked like one, please spend some money and install night lights or some motion detection light at strategic places around your home. We have a lot of reliable China-made motion detection lights nowadays and anybody can afford to install a few.

Go and ask any cops and they can tell you that the most common way for a house burglar to gain entry into any house is through a window that has been left open or unlocked by the house owner. Yeah, checking windows and making sure that they are shut and lock properly is properly the hardest thing to do for a lazy person but please do not take this for granted. Check and make sure that your windows are properly locked and secured before leaving home even if you are in a hurry to go out!

Stop hiding or leaving your house keys on common places such as on top of the door frame, under the door mat or in some pots of plants. Such hiding places would be the first few places robbers would look for your keys and you would be asking for trouble if you are fond of leaving your house keys in such silly places. It would be best if you stop hiding your keys outside your home. If you are worried that you might forget to bring or misplace your keys for some reasons, why don’t you just leave your spare house keys to the hands of your neighbor, your trusted neighbor of course.

I know this may sounds silly for some folks but you will learn a lot by doing this. Ask for help from any cop you know (make sure he’s your known friend!) and ask him to take a look at the surroundings of your home. He might be able to pinpoint hiding places or possible entry points for house burglars. Once he has helped you identify those ‘weak spots’, do something about them!

Last but not least, why don’t you just invest in a good and reputable home security system to protect your family and home? You may think that you cannot afford one at the moment but feel free to seek more information about getting a complete home security system from the link that I have provided down below. You can even get a free $800 security system if you are lucky. Who knows, today just might be your lucky day!