One of the questions I get a lot that I didn't seem to find much about when I did my own research was how I handled safety and security while advertising and showing my home.
Let's start with the photographs you use for advertising your home. You absolutely should be staging your home for the photographs and much of that staging would include clearing away most electronics and valuables, not just because you don't want to advertise them, but also because to an honest buyer they just look like clutter. There is no reason at all that a cell phone, digital camera, tablet, laptop, or any other small electronic should be visible in any of your photos. The only large electronics that might show would be TVs and game consoles.
TVs and game consoles should be removed from bedrooms before they are photographed, not just because of security but also because they are ugly and distracting to the honest buyer. I would also remove them from kitchens or any other area where you wouldn't need to find a TV. The only place they should be visible would be a family room or basement rec room. In those rooms they should definitely not be the focus of the photograph. The only cases that I can think of that the TV would be clearly photographed is if either it must come with the house, or if the house has a built in entertainment system. Even in the case of a built in entertainment system, clear away all games, controllers, etc. and if possible, push the console back a bit in the shelf so that you can't clearly well what it is.
I have no problem with photographs of kids' rooms and bathrooms. I know many people are worried that they are "advertising" that they have a kid but honestly, we all have signs out in the world that we have kids. Everything from stickers on our cars to swingsets advertise their existence. I would however remove anything super specific, like their first name on their bedroom wall or their "Springfield City Under 10 Pink Butterflies" soccer trophies.
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