13 Things a Burglar won't tell you

With summer approaching, many of our clients may be considering family vacations. You know who else is looking forward to their summer vacation? Neighborhood thieves!

AT Urban Realty, we want to keep in touch and help you protect your home by passing along a couple of useful articles on how burglars determine if a home is a good topic. From Reader's Digest, these two articles are great conversation starters:

13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/13-things-a-burglar-wont-tell-you/article156709.html

8 More Things a Burglar Won't Tell You
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/article-8-more-things-a-burglar-wont-tell-you/article156681.html

Also, you may be interested to discover this ingenious little device which simulates the look of someone watching television at night. The "FakeTV" creates the exact same sort of random illumination that a 27-inch television does, at a fraction of the electricity usage:

http://www.faketv.com/

For $29.95, its a great way to deter a casual thief! (Editor's note: We were not paid or compensated in any way to mention the FakeTV device; we simply thought it might be interesting to our community members.)