sorry to hear your house was broken into.

Just want to let you guys know that most housesitters are older. My mom did it for a while.. At my previous workplace there were always folks offering to housesit or friends of the workmates offering to housesit.

I don't know what it's like in the US but here in AUS & NZ it's normal to get a housesitter. As long as it's someone you could trust.

Different hemisphere, different ways.