Tis' the season for porch deliveries... and thieves!

Thank you to our friends at VECTOR for this fantastic write up on tips to protect your home deliveries.

Packages and deliveries are often left during the day while homeowners are out. These easy snags are almost too good to be true for thieves.

Below are tips to protect your package from being taken from your doorstep.

Give Extra Instructions

Specify delivery instructions when you place your order to prevent your package from being left alone.

• Send your package to a friend, your workplace or a UPS access point for safe keeping until you can bring it home.
• Require a signature for an item to be delivered. This way you can ensure your package won’t be left alone.
• Add a

Wait. That has to be a typo, right?

Ha. No, it's not! As usual, our friend over at Keeping Current Matters came up with an excellent piece on this reality that so many aren't even aware of. Read more, then let us know what you think! 

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There is no doubt that it is easier to sell your house when using the services of a local real estate professional. The agent will provide:

• Greater exposure to more buyers
• The skills of a professional negotiator
• A layer of protection from possible legal liabilities
• Professional guidance in navigating any pitfalls that may arise
• A level of safety while showing the home

There is no doubt that these services are valuable to any family that decides to sell. The only question is – how

Do you or someone you know have a change in lifestyle looming on the horizon? It's a huge step, but one that can come with some ease if you may be willing to try a few of these great tips from 55Living:

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We can all agree that change is hard. Even when we’re making a change for the better – such as moving to a carefree senior living community – nervousness, sadness about leaving your old home, and feeling out of place can make it difficult to transition smoothly into your new lifestyle. However, with a bit of perseverance and a positive attitude, you can start to feel at home in your senior living community in no time.

TRANSITIONING FROM ONE HOME TO ANOTHER 

By the time we reach retirement age, most of us have

Everyone seems to have an interest in something.

This often leads to collecting, a past time of what seems like generations past, but is actually still prevalent!

But is what you are keeping a collection, or just keeping some clutter?

Marie Kondo, a #1 New York Times best-selling author of both Spark Joy and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up , approaches whether or not items give you joy, in deciding whether to keep them or send them on to another place in their life. 

Some items in your home may truly bring you joy; others, you may have forgotten the reason of why you have them in your home.

Some may have been gifts you accepted on a memorable holiday, others may be something that was passed down by someone else who had a hard time