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• Home Security Service for Renters

March 22, 2006 (Round Rock, TX) – Protect America, one of the nations fastest growing home security companies, has announced this week that they now offer home security service to renters. Until now, it was not practical for renters to obtain personal home security systems because of a number of problems faced by renters. With the GE Simon 3 wireless security system offered by Protect America, renters are now able take advantage of the same benefits homeowners have been enjoying for years.

The barriers that kept home security out of reach for renters have been torn down by Protect America. Two of the biggest factors that prevented renters from enjoying a security system were the alarm monitoring agreement and the landlord rules in the lease. The other big issue has been that the few alarm companies offering any service at all to renters were charging inflated prices, which made it cost-prohibitive to consider the service.

Protect America offers the state-of-the-art wireless GE Simon 3 home security system. One of the great characteristics of the home security system offered by Protect America is that it offers flexibility to the customer. The wireless components make it easy to install and it allows the customer to take their entire alarm system with them if they ever move. They simply request a free moving kit from Protect America, take their security system with them to their new home, and transfer the monitoring service to their new address.

Like all other alarm companies, Protect America customers have a monitoring agreement, but with the wireless security system and the ability to transfer service to the new address, Protect America has eliminated the roadblock alarm agreements used to create for renters. When the lease is up on their home or apartment, customers just take the alarm system with them.

Another nearly impossible problem for renters to get an alarm system was the lease itself. Rules set forth within the lease or by the landlord prohibited drilling or cutting any holes. Most leases also prohibited any permanent modifications to a dwelling. With almost every alarm company, the most affordable solution is and has always been a hardwired security system.

The problem with the hardwired security system is that it requires holes to be drilled in the door and window frames and wires to be run inside the walls. It also often requires at couple of holes to be cut in the walls to install the hardware. Once finished, the hardwired home security system is a permanent fixture.

Along with the flexibility to take the system with you, the wireless home security system from Protect America also allows for very simple installation. There is no drilling required and no holes need to be cut into any of the walls. The easiest installation process for a renter is to use the safe heavy duty adhesive to install the security system devices into place. When it is time to move, the customer simply de-activates the alarm and takes the security devices down. There is no damage and no mess to clean up, which makes this system a favorite not only for renters but also for the landlords as well.

The final big problem that renters have faced when considering a home security system has been the high cost involved. As a homeowner, most home security companies will provide a low up front cost on equipment and then charge the monthly service one month at a time. However, for renters, this process has historically been very different.

Renters looking for home security have been expected to often pay the full retail price for equipment, which exceeds $1,000 in many cases. After paying the full cost of the equipment, renters were also still expected to pay the same monthly monitoring price as homeowners and sometimes even higher. The reason this was necessary for the alarm companies was because renters usually only lived in their residence for one year and were not able to take the security system or service to their new home.

Protect America has completely erased the cost factor from being an issue for renters and for homeowners as well. With Protect America, any credit-worthy U.S. resident can get free home security equipment when they sign up for the monthly monitoring service. Protect America has always offered this great value to homeowners, but now this same great deal is available to renters as well.

Protect America also has created a new package that is designed specifically to provide a better match for those living in apartments which usually only have one or two doors. The new Bronze Package on Protect America's website offers the customer seven perimeter entry point sensors or contacts. These can be used to protect any doors or window and it most cases should give the customer enough sensors to protect all the doors and windows giving them full perimeter protection.

Being able to sleep at night with the peace of mind that your family is safe is something that every American should be able to afford. Now that Protect America is offering their affordable home security service to renters, there are about 86 million¹ U.S. residents who finally have a viable solution to provide effective safety and security for their families.

¹U.S. Census Bureau Statistics