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The Four Most Overlooked DIY Home Security Tips

Your home is your castle, your bastion against all of the forces in yourworld that could do you harm. Accordingly, you’ve put a lot of time, thought,and money into making your home secure.

And yet, have you done everything you can do? The fact is that there area handful of home security steps you can take that will not only protect youfrom those who seek to do you harm, but that are relatively quick, simple, andinexpensive.

Here are three of the ways to protect your home that you probablyhaven’t considered:

1.     Use your yard’snatural defenses. Does your house sit at a slightly elevated position fromstreet level? Use that to your advantage. Make sure there’s a clear line ofsight from the road. Do you enjoy gardening? Choose thorny rose bushes overbroad-leafed hedges that could conceal a burglar. View your home security fromthe outside in, and put the natural features of your yard to work for you.

2.     Secure your powerand communications. Your home security system may have a battery backup, butwhen is the last time you checked to make sure it worked? A burglar may onlyneed to cut the power to your home to disable that expensive system. How aboutyour wireless network? Are you using wireless security, or is your home networkwide open? Clever criminals can access that network and steal more from youthan they ever would by physically breaking into the house.

3.     Let home intrudersknow you mean business. You’ve probably been told that you can put an emptydog bowl and leash outside your doorstep to deter criminals. Better yet, put anNRA sticker on the back of your car, or leave a used target from the gun rangesomewhere in plain sight. Home invaders can easily distract a dog, but they’reusually much less willing to stare down the barrel of a gun.

4.     Know when you’re atrisk. Most home invasions are committed by someone you’ve had contact with.It might be a plumber, or it might be your wife’s cousin. Learn to observepeople’s behavior in your home. If they wander around a room from one window tothe next, or if they seem to always be looking around, it should send up awarning flag.

It’s your home. Take the steps necessary tosecure it.

This is a guestpost by Madison Parker. Madison is an expert writer on subjects related to home security systems. Read more on herblog HomeSecuritySystems.net.