Biz Direct MarketKnowing When To Make A Good Decision

Nov 16, 2009: J.D. Roth’s Get Rich Slowly is one of our favorite personal finance blogs. We were shaken when we read that JD’s car was burgled again! Sometimes incidents like these forewarn us about raising our awareness on how to protect our valuables. The next step of course is to take action on the acquired knowledge.

In this information age, it can be frighteningly easy for thieves and other criminals to ransack a home, hotwire and steal a car, or worse. According to the FBI, a vehicle is stolen every 26.4 seconds in the US. Last year alone, 1.2 million vehicles were stolen across the country. To make matters worse, only about 12 percent of vehicle thefts are resolved with an arrest.

Read the rest of this entry »