6 Security Essentials When Selling Your Key Biscayne

Waterfront Condo

In the previous article, we listed someways to host a successful open housefor your waterfront condo in KeyColony Key Biscayne. This time, we’lldiscuss the security essentials that youneed to keep your home safe not onlyduring an open house but the entirehome selling process.

Let’s face it. Once you put your home on themarket, your home will be open to the public.Posting your listing on online websites likewww.MiamiRivieraHomes.com and havingshowings as well as open houses will likelydrive traffic to your home. However, you mustrealize that when you place ads, not onlyinterested buyers will pay attention,scammers will likely notice them, too.

Consider the following securityessentials to keep your waterfrontcondo in Key Colony Key Biscayne FLsafe throughout the sale:

1. Hide all valuables from plain viewand store them in a safe, lockedplace. Also remove prescriptionmedicine, bank statements, IDs,important or private documents oranything with great resale value.

2. In your advertising, add phrasessuch as “Appointment only” and“Driver’s license required”, suggestsRobert Siciliano, a Personal Securityand Identity Theft Expert. This willbe your first layer of defense.

3. Install security system, in additionto having upgraded windows anddoor locks, to deter potentialburglars. Also put a “Videosurveillance in use” signage in thefront door.

4. If you are not home all the time orif you are living elsewhere, considerplacing automatic lights that turn onwhen it gets dark to give theimpression of activity in the home.

5. Since burglars are very good atreading the signs that tell howoccupied a home is, keep your homeregularly cleaned and well-maintained.

6. Ask trustworthy neighbors tokeep an eye on things. They caneasily notice if anything looks outof place and notify youimmediately.

Keep your Key Colony Key Biscaynebeachfront condo safe and burglar-free by having extra security andapplying the above mentioned securitymeasures. This way, you can focusyour energy on the more importantaspects of home selling.

If you need help in selling your KeyColony Key Biscayne oceanfrontcondo and for any other real-estaterelated inquiries including open

houses call me, Alicia Ale, at 305-586-4160. Let’s make home sellinga good experience for you!