Ep79 Risk Management as a Realtor

DESCRIPTION: Welcome back everyone to “The Really REAL Real Estate Podcast!” In our continuation of looking into the profession of being a licensed real estate agent, today, we talk about an especially somber, but very important topic – realtor safety. It’s cliché to say, but with this episode, we really want listeners to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.” It’s our hope that by the end of our time together today, we shed some light on some of the professional practices of many realtors that help ensure their safety as they embark on helping people buy and sell their home. TALKING POINTS (3-5): • Introduction o September is Realtor Safety Month • Discuss NAR statistics • Share two very unique and scary stories: o Read Bucks County story  https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pa-man-charged-in-plot-to-rape-real-estate-agent/1951969/ o Read Commerce, City, Colorado story  https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/real-estate-agent-attacker-sentenced-16-years/73-81799674-210c-4a5e-8322-d0c5010acfec • Discuss some personal experiences I have heard of around the office… o Nudes sent o Trying to pick realtors up o Squatters o Foreclosures not being able to be shown due to people still living in the home • Discuss some of the safety protocols that realtors will put into play to protect themselves o Meeting for the first time in the office or neutral location o Asking for ID and contact information o Signing a buyer’s agency contract o More than one realtor showing the house to you o Multiple agents running an open house o Only wanting to show properties during the daytime • Final thoughts HASH TAGS: #safety #realtorsafety #Septemberisrealtorsafetymonth #riskmanagement LINKS: JASON: https://jasonwilcox.cbintouch.com/ https://www.zillow.com/profile/jasonwilcox1987/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRksfKiMNteHKYRYrinAug?view_as=subscriber https://www.facebook.com/jason.wilcox.186 https://twitter.com/jason_wilcox1 https://www.instagram.com/jason.wilcox1/ CONTACT INFORMATION: JASON: Cell Phone: 412-651-4638 Email: [email protected]