The ABC's of Safety
• Carry a cell phone in your pocket and program it to dial 911 at the touch of a button.
• Never work at a public open house by yourself.
• Do not show vacant properties by yourself unless you know your customers.
• Carry pepper spray or mace in your pocket, but be sure to get the type that can be aimed at a specific target (some are general and might affect you as much as they do your attacker).
• Let your customers enter a room while you stay by the door.
• Pay attention to exits.
• Always verify Customer information.
• Do not feel shy about asking customers for their telephone number and physical address. check the number, name and address on Google to see if you get a match in return.
• Have customer come to your office.
• Do not meet unknown customers at a property.
• Make sure you let the office, a friend or family know the location of the homes you will be showing.
• Never get into a car with someone you don't know.
• Better yet, have the customer follow you.
We all have to be cautious, woman and men. Let's all be alert.
Howdy Frank
This is very very good info for all realtors to go by
Frank, I had a client meet me at my office today. This is a corporate relocation, but he wanted to drive us around in his rental car instead of me using my car. My first instinct was to ask for his driver's license and make 2 copies of it. I gave 1 copy to the Agent on Duty and I put the other copy on my desk. She called me after several hours to check on me. By then, I was completely comfortable with my client and was enjoying giving him the directions to each house instead of driving in the rain and watching for the streets thru heavy rainfall. I felt a little uncomfortable asking him for his license but he didn't hesitate to give it to me.