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By Bobbie Sage, About.com Guide to Personal Insurance since 2002

Your Home Security Roommates

Monday December 4, 2006
If you have been reading up about home owners insurance savings then you know that a monitored home security system can save you the most on your home insurance costs. But don't stop there. Get a home security roommate!

If you want to detract thieves from your house, especially if you are a woman and live alone, a home security roommate should do the trick. Here are the basics: Have a man say your answering machine greeting, get a large pair of mens work boots to put outside your door, add a man's name to your mailbox, put large dog dishes visible outside, and add a "beware of dog" sign to your doors and windows. Now.. the intruders think you have a man and dog in the house and you don't even have to pick up after them!

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