Move in. Make friends with your neighbors, or at least be on friendly terms with them. All of them - front and back, each side, across the street. Learn which one (or two) you can trust the most with a key to your home, and leave them a copy in case of emergency (like if your water heater springs a leak) They can be your home watch, and it doesn't cost you a dime. Also leave at least one of them with a list of contact names/numbers. Yours, your landscape people, pesticide people, and an emergency contact in case you can't be reached. Also include your expected return date.
Keep your thermostat set to 84 when you're not home.
I don't know about all of them, but some internet services let you put your service on hold while you're away, and you don't have to pay for service or there might be a minimal charge just for continuation of the contract during that period of time.
Yard maintenance is mandatory, so you'll need someone to keep up with the lawn, shrubs, weeding, tree-pruning right before hurricane season, and outside pesticide.
Shut off the water inside your house, but don't cancel the service since you still have to water the lawn. Replace the batteries on your doorbell (if needed) and smoke/co2 alarms a month before you leave for your summer home.
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