Hurricane Prep

Florida is a wonderful place to live but there is always the chance of experiencing a tropical storm or hurricane. Being in Real Estate means I not only have to prepare my own home for the storm but I have to make sure all my listed properties are safe as well. If the home is occupied by an owner, they do most of the work themselves but most of my properties are vacant right now. When I woke up this morning and turned on the weather report; I find out that the storm down in the Caribbean has strengthened to a category 5 then back down to a very strong category 4 and it's headed right at me. So I have approximately 5 days to make sure all my listings have hurricane shutters up and locked in place and all the lawn decorations are packed away in the garages. I'll have to remove my for sale signs from the yards too. All those small items become flying objects once the winds pick up. I won't do too much until Monday's report as the storms tend to move or hopefully will fall apart once it moves over Cuba and it's high mountains. So for now, I cross my fingers and hope for the best. All the while making sure my hurricane plans are ready to go.