When you prepare to put your home on the market, you hope that everything will go the way you imagine and that is your home will sell for over listing price the very first day it goes on the market.

The reality isn’t so rosy. The market may slow down. Your home may get few showings or no offers. You may have to lower your list price. Or, your home may not sell at all because you made a big mistake.

So if you’re thinking of doing any of the following five no-no’s, stop yourself right now.

• 1) You like paying more
• 2) You like competition
• 3) You hate getting a great deal
• 4) Interest rates, shminterest rates

Before you go on vacation this holiday season, have you prepared against burglary? Do you store your valuables, close the blinds, lock the back door and so on? Many homeowners might be unaware of a string of burglaries in their neighborhood and come home to find their house broken into as a result.

Home burglaries account for $4.7 billion in property losses every year in the United States, because burglars find a way in.

According to statistics, a home burglary occurs every 13 seconds because someone forgot to lock a window or door — almost 30% of the time. With you going on holiday, make some home security investments to avoid inclusion in this statistic.

Learn more from this informative infographic on burglary statistics and prevention: