If you want to put a security camera on your home, there's lots of "do it yourself" choices nowadays.
Popular Mechanics found no less than EIGHT cameras they like, that you can buy and install yourself.
Most of them are in the price range of $120 to $190.
Some, like the Ring Stickup cam have a subscription fee.
Some, like the Arlo by Netgear, have free cloud storage of recordings, which come in handy.
The Ring cam, as well as one from Nest and one from Amazon, have a two-way listen and talk feature, so you could yell at that porch pirate to “get lost.”
Some have night-vision.
Some come with a DVR included.
Click here for a link to the Popular Mechanics article if you want to comparison shop.