15 Habits That Tell Burglars You Live Alone (Fix Every One of Them Tonight)

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  @RoyCallahanYT · 4 weeks ago · pinned

  🔗 Everything I check on a house, room by room, written down:<br><a href="https://roycallahanbooks.com/">https://roycallahanbooks.com/</a><br>178 checks across three books. Almost none of it costs money.

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  @MasterMiltonthestandardpoodle · 3 weeks ago

  I trust no one and I &nbsp;never open the doors to anyone 🙏🏽

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  @elizabethengquist4185 · 4 weeks ago

  Best to keep random lights on around the house. My house is never dark, even when I sleep.

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  @Suzette-gb7uj · 3 weeks ago

  I never answer the door, unless I know someone is coming over for a visit.

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  @Shadowcat1954 · 4 weeks ago (edited)

  Grear tips!! Even the ones you&apos;ve scheduled to give you an estimate, on a new roof, water heater, plumbing fix, etc. They will ask: &quot;Is it just you, or is their another decision maker?&quot; &nbsp;Sounds innocent enough, but some of those guys felt shady or desperate. Luckily there are three of us, but I remember that now, after watching this, from when I was single.<br><br>And never lead them to the area, room, basement, etc. &nbsp;Point the way. You follow behind. You never let a stranger get behind you. Police training from a few years ago. 😊

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  @stevestewart007 · 3 weeks ago

  When I was a Navy wife, and my husband was gone for long periods at sea, I left some of my husband&apos;s clothes, socks, etc. around the living room, so when a worker came in, they would see that there was a man about. &nbsp;I put them out when I left the house as well. &nbsp;Same thing in the bathroom. &nbsp;Two bath towels, toothbrushes, and shaving stuff. &nbsp;We have a security system now, so I can turn on lights and music in various rooms around the house when I&apos;m alone, and the doorbell is answered by the door monitor. &nbsp;If someone comes to your door in the middle of the night, and you don&apos;t know them - or if they are trying to enter - just yell, &quot;Honey, get the shotgun.&quot; &nbsp;Guaranteed, they will run!

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  @michelleduff6085 · 1 month ago

  I called my grandma EVERYDAY after work. &nbsp;Twice she’d fallen. &nbsp; We immediately went to her home and found her. &nbsp; I did this for decades after my grampa passed. &nbsp;This was before cell phones. &nbsp; Got her a handheld land line phone she would put in her sweater pocket EVERYTIME she got up.

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  @MsSonya6 · 3 weeks ago

  Another tip, if service workers or anyone who has been in your home, &nbsp;check to make sure windows were not unlocked intentionally.

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  @valerier4308 · 4 weeks ago (edited)

  Great tips! &nbsp;I would add: &nbsp;Close your curtains/blinds at sunset!

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  @marjorielee5991 · 4 weeks ago

  Never let the first word you say when you get a call from an unknown number be YES. IT CAN BE RECORDED AND USED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO USE A STOLEN CREDIT CARD.

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  @JulieG1897 · 4 weeks ago

  Some single women keep a cheap ring near the door to slip on the left hand before they open it to a caller. If you speak to a stranger at the door or on the phone, say &quot;we&quot; and not &quot;I&quot; so that you are not telling them you are alone.

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  @wickiwo1098 · 3 weeks ago

  A friend&apos;s house was broken into while the family was away. My friend, husband and father to 3 little ones, foolishly ran INTO his house to check. <br>Fortunately, the perp was gone after stealing items. PLEASE don&apos;t rush into a broken-into house! CALL the police and let THEM clear the house!

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