Believe it or not, the most common password in the world is 'password'! Surprised? Probably not, but more than 56% of professionals use a default password or a simple password than can be easily used to steal your information without you even knowing. An untrustworthy person can log into your email account or website and have all of your messages sent to another account without you even knowing. Sure, you may still get your messages, or some of your messages, but do you really know who is reading your email or going through your online records?

If you use 'password' as your password, or '1234' or same login as your email account (bagent), you could be in for some real trouble. These days, real estate agents and other professionals are doing whatever it takes to get business, and sure... we'd like to trust everyone, but you can't, and you shouldn't.

Here are some simple tips you need to do!

Create A Strong Password: Change your password to something not easily stolen. I know, your dog is so cute you name all of your passwords after your dog.... WRONG! If one person knows you and your dog, they've already stolen your identity. Get creative! How do you make your password so you can remember it, but no on else will know it? Follow this simple step:

Your dogs' name: bruiser
Your office phone number: 239-437-3777
Password: bru3777ser
(Notice: This is just a sample, the combination can be in many formats with letters and numbers)

You can replace your dogs name with your brothers, or your aunts, and your office phone number with your cousin in New York. Be creative, but don't give away your password to anyone. Never use your personal information as passwords.

Change Your Password: For 'general' rule, you are supposed to change your password every 2 weeks, but that can get to be a problem even if you make your passwords easy for you to remember. At the very least, you should change your password monthly - if you don't, then make it even more difficult for someone to guess what it is: br239ui437ser
(in some cases you can use special characters and symbols: - & $ + )

All Of Your Passwords: Yes, it is a good rule to have strong passwords for your email and website login, but it can be even more important to have strong passwords for your online banking account, credit card accounts and other vital personal information.

Identity theft is a growing problem around the world! Take steps to secure your business and personal information. It's not that difficult, and you can save your finances, investments and reputation.

Use a different password for each of your accounts... Why? Because if someone gets your password, they can gain access to all of your information. If you need to, write them down in a safe place and keep your list with your important papers.