Bad Neighborhood

Thanks for the guest post by Jo Levy

Unfortunately, our neighborhood has started sliding downhill these last few years. Due to the bad economy, there are several foreclosed homes in the area, which are empty. These empty homes have attracted vagrants and drifters, and this really scares the rest of us. We never really know if a home is empty or if there is some kind of squatter in it, and the police have all but given up on helping us. We don’t really have much of a choice but to stay since our homes would never sell with the way the area is looking. Most of us are barely surviving the recession, and we can’t afford to lose money on our homes. We all just feel stuck in a bad situation. I know we just have to wait out these hard times and hope that as the economy improves, so will our neighborhood. Thankfully, nothing too serious has happened yet, but none of us want to wait around until that happens. One of our neighbors suggested that we go to homesecurity101.com and check out some of the options they offer. Hopefully we’ll feel safer after installing a home security system.