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Your Top Questions About Winter Home Watch in Northern Michigan, Answered
If you leave your Northern Michigan home for the winter, you probably have a few questions about what really needs to happen while you're gone.
Here are some of the questions I hear most often about winter Home Watch — including how often your home should be checked, what a visit can actually tell you and where cameras and smart devices fit in.
Inside a Northern Michigan Home Watch Visit: What We Actually Check
What actually happens during a Home Watch visit?
There isn't one answer because every property is different. Here's an example of what a typical visit may involve.
Squatters Up North? Think It Can't Happen Here? It Already Did.
An Up North county sheriff recently issued a public warning about an individual targeting unoccupied homes in the area.
If your Northern Michigan home sits unattended for any part of the year, this post explains what the warning means, why a visible and documented presence matters, and what a regular home watch visit does that a security camera simply cannot.