We all have our "secret spots" to hide things in our homes. Ever since I was young, I can remember having to think of new secret spots to hide candy from my older brother. He would spend hours looking for my stash and would devour every piece of candy in sight. So I quickly had to become better at stashing my stuff.

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To this day, I still have stashes hidden throughout the house. I have multiple stashes of cash (I didn't stuff any in the mattress). I have stashes of Allen wrenches (YES! Allen wrenches. Because they always seem to disappear when I leave them out.) I even have stashes of hot sauce packets (Don't let me catch you snooping around looking for my FIRE sauce.)

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Sometimes I hide them so well, that I forget where I hid them.

What about your prized possessions? Where do you stash those? Much like my candy, I don't want someone getting their hands on things like birth certificates, cash, firearms, etc. For those, we need a "SECRET SPOT" in the house. That way intruders will have a hard time figuring out where your items may be hidden.

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I have NEWS for YOU!

Burglars already know where your "secret spot" is. It is always one of the first places they look when invading someone's home.

We put together a list of common places a criminal will look when invading your home here in Montana. Hopefully, this will help you in dreaming up some new "secret spots" in your home.

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