BEWARE WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION!

Home Safety Tips while you’re on the Road.
The last thing you want to do while on vacation is spend time worrying about the safety of your home. Here are a few vital tips for crime prevention and vacation peace of mind:
Keep up appearances:
Suspend newspaper delivery and have someone pick-up your mail.
Use timers to switch lights on and off, and possibly a TV or radio.
Have someone cut/water the lawn.
Leave a generic greeting on your voice mail/answering machine. Never say you’ll be away or leave a long list of instructions that "imply" you’ll be away.
Don’t make it easy:
Ensure all doors and windows are locked and can’t easily be lifted out of their tracks.
Trim shrubbery around doors and windows that would otherwise make it hard to see intruders from the road.
Secure or remove anything that could be used as a break-in device of opportunity.
Get the help of those you trust:
Tell someone where you’re going, when you’ll be back and how to reach you in case of emergency.
Have neighbours, ideally one to the front and back or on both sides, keep an eye on your home and report anything suspicious to the police.
Consider asking someone to housesit, especially if you plan to be away for an extended period of time.
Make sure your home insurance is up-to-date for the duration of your trip.

Now you have less to worry about. Have a great vacation!

CHANGING RE/MAX OFFICES

We are pleased to announce that we recently joined the team of RE/MAX Innovations. After researching several real estate companies, we discovered that RE/MAX Innovations was far ahead in technology, training, marketing strategies, and financial programs. In addition to our national recognition and traditional services, we provide:

Buyers and sellers direct access to the Multiple Listing Service, with electronic property watch, program updates every ten minutes and email alerts.
Partnership with Virtual Homes, an Internet real estate marketing company. Virtual Homes provides me with leads to pre-qualified Buyers.
Virtual Tours and Brochures: Web sites and virtual tours are created utilizing digital photography techniques, plus 360° panoramas of listed properties.
Equity Plus Program: RE/MAX Innovations offer an exclusive program known as the Equity Plus Program for clients who are both selling and purchasing a home through our agency. This program qualifies you to buy without a contingency sale and eliminates the carrying costs of two or more properties.

We look forward to working in a progressive and customer oriented company. If you know someone looking to purchase or sell a single family, multi-family, or investment property, have them contact us. RE/MAX Innovations provides all of the resources that will allow us to help them achieve their goal.

Yours truly,

Linda and Pat Norton