Realtor Safety, No Laughing Matter

It's National Realtor Safety week and not much is going on to educate agents in our Area. How about yours?

Century 21 Cape Associates in conjunction with the Falmouth Police Department is hosting 2 Realtor/Community Safety sessions at the Falmouth Police Station. This is the topic we all ignore and are sadly reminded of after an iTragedy. It is also a topic that we all hope some other agency takes on and we can go and support them by being in the audience. I couldn't wait for someone else to take it on so on October 9th from 3-4:30 and October 23rd from 6:30-8 at the Falmouth Police Station Century 21 Cape Associates and Officer Rogers are inviting Realtors and members of the Community to attend this common sense refresher course on being safe when selling Real Estate.

Does your office have a code word that signals distress if you call in from the field? Do you have 911 programmed in your phone? Do you casually enter homes with buyers you never met before? Does your local Police drive thru the neighborhood during Open Houses?

There is so much to learn. An easy investment of an hour and half at this session could be the difference between life an death. I remember the 24 year old from Canada at a conference I attended. She was so alive with excitement about being a realtor. How tragic that her life was cut short by a stranger posing as a buyer of new construction. How crazy? I encourage you Active Rainers, to have safety courses in your area for the new agents and for the seasoned and Jaded agents. This is not information that ever goes out of style ...just gets forgotten.