Ah, summer vacations. Flush with enthusiasm for a well-deserved getaway, many folks just like you and I entrust their beloved homes to friends, co-workers or even (gulp!) strangers with an eye for earning a couple bucks. That’s when the trouble seems to start, at least according to the New York Times. Read an excerpt here:
There are those people, the comedian and playwright Steve Bluestein says, who are just unlucky: they go to a garage sale looking for a bargain and their car gets hit by a truck. Such were the beloved elderly couple to whom he entrusted his four-level house in Bel Air when he went to a wedding in Hawaii a few years ago. He was not concerned, however, because, as was his custom, he had left meticulous directions, including a three-by-five-inch card taped to the inside of the front door. The key points were in red. Alarm on? Door locked? Windows closed? There was another written warning: Do not use the lower front door lock. Read the rest
