Comments on: Thefts may have required a moving truck or van

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:27:07 +0000

I have a KDH rental that I own with another family and last year in October about 8 houses were hit on my street. I have a security system that lets me unlock-lock my doors from my cell phone. Also works when phone lines are down or cut. I think only 2 companies do this kind of monitoring, Adt and Vector Security. Went with Vector and they are awesome, cheaper and friendlier. During the street “hit” my alarm went off. My door was kicked in, but nothing was taken. The system worked, even though they probably could have gotten in-out before the police showed up.

By: KDH Resident

KDH Resident — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:12:56 +0000

I have often wondered about this. As a longtime resident with rentals on my street, we all know there are “cool” owners, know-it-all owners and complete jerk owners. I have one such guy two doors away. Has never, not once, been nice to me, my kids, anyone in the neighborhood, won’t even wave, treats everyone like white trash.

How do these burglars pick houses? I always wondered if it might sometimes be revenge.

By: Duke

Duke — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:48:36 +0000

Many insurance companies in Florida make owners put in fire and burglar alarms in order to get insurance on homes that are empty during the summer. I refused and shopped until I found one that didn’t require it. I can see that happening here also. Winter burglaries have been rampant for years but now the rewards are so much greater. Rental beach boxes used to only have a few 19″ portable TV’s, now they are loaded with Flat Screens, computers and games and high end furniture. The risk for the ins companies is so much more. Sad commentary but desperation has set in for so many. One way to slow this down is to dry up the market for stolen goods. Never buy something that you suspect is ‘HOT’.