DO NOT EXPLAIN YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM IN DETAIL If a potential buyer asks if you have a security system already in the home, tell them that you do and leave it at that. There have been incidents where thieves come for the showing, ask about the security system (about which the seller tells them too much), then break in later. LOCK UP ANY FIREARMS AND PLAN FOR THE WORST Being alert and guarded will help keep you from getting into a vulnerable situation. As long as you have the mindset that every person who is coming to look at your home may be out to get you, you will be safe no matter what. Be polite, but do not be trusting. Never let your guard down when strangers are around you, especially in your own home. Lock up all of your firearms and keep them out of sight completely. If you have someone looking at your home who is there to rob you or come back to do it later and they see that you have firearms laying around, you may have just made their job a million times easier. As with your valuables and medications, if you absolutely need to, and your friend or relative is OK with it, give them your firearms to hold onto as well. FIGURE OUT VULNERABILITIES BEFOREHAND Determine where in your home your screams will not be heard from outside. Do not accompany them to any of those areas, period. For example, if you know for a fact that no one will be able to hear you yell from your basement, send all prospective buyers down there by themselves. To test this, have someone be outside of your home, preferably on the sidewalk or in front of your neighbor’s home, and scream in different areas of the house. ASK FOR IDENTIFICATION
As a prospective buyer comes to see your home, ask them to show you their identification, such as a driver’s license. If they refuse to show you or do not have
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