Okay people, here's a first one and I have the business card in front of me as I write this post.
WHEN YOU ARE SELLING YOUR HOME AND USING A REALTOR, never, ever allow anybody into your property if your Realtor is not present. I don't care if they say they have an appointment, they don't. There are rules that Realtors must adhere to but this one takes the cake.
One of my listings is a short sale. The property is a two flat and over the weekend, the building was shut down so that the tenants had a break from the previous weeks active showings! To my amazement, a Chicago Police Detective, who is a licensed Realtor, shows up at my client's door with his wife and says he wants to see the building. He didn't have an appointment, he didn't call me, he didn't have his Realtor's license or his business card for them. Instead, he uses his clout as a Chicago Police Detective to gain access into the property and view it with his wife.
Hear me, unless that officer has a badge on him, is accompanied with another office who also has a badge on him/her, and they don't have a search warrant, they are not allowed into your property. Call 911.
For all we knew, this man may not have been a police detective but an individual who had business cards printed up as a Chicago Detective.
FOR YOUR SAFETY, do not allow anybody into your property/building without your Realtor present. This could have ended up as a headliner in the Chicago Tribune or Chicago Suntimes with a bad ending only because the widow felt threatened because the man was using his clout as a police detective to see a property that he was lazy and didn't even call me to set up a scheduled appointment but decided to use his power.
Until tomorrow,
Barb Van Stensel
Third Generation in a Family
of Real Estate Professionals
Chicago, IL
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Barb, I hope you reported him... to both jobs.
Barb~ I say, Who Cares who he thinks he is, he needs to follow the same rules as everyone else! Rank does NOT have it's priveledges in my eyes because I treat every one the same- FAIRLY!
Please remember Safety first! Tragically, a condo owner here was killed and robbed recently by someone posing as a home buyer in her secure condo building with concierge. Even the security guard asked if she wanted the "buyer" escorted and she declined. Please be careful.
Wow! Chicago seems to be full of interesting people these days.
Alan, I've already reported him to his Broker. The next step, I have to figure out where to go and report. He should loose his license on this but he won't. Of all the things.
Vickie - I agree. He needs to follow the same rules and just because he is an employee of the City of Chicago doesn't give him extra privileges, let alone scare the crap out of this widow who is in a short sale!!!
Jan - It is safety first but sometimes when one sees "the card", one assumes that they have no choice but to bow to this wrongful type of pressure.
Heath - Chicago, is Chicago.
Hey, go easy on Chicago... we've had it rough lately.