Secure your valuables when listing your home for sale

Any time you open your house to strangers, you are opening your house to potential harm.
This is true whether it’s listing your house for sale; leaving a key in the lockbox; vacating your house so your agent can invite complete and utter strangers to walk around, potentially opening all of your drawers, cabinets, and closets; or hiring a contractor and allowing him to bring a random assortment of subcontractors hired from Craig’s List.
So when you open your house to strangers, you ne