Often times, we hear our fellow agents getting attacked while showing a property. But when it happens to one of your own, who you know and work with in the past, you can't help but say, "This could happen to me as well".
This fellow agent luckily survived the attack as she pleaded for her life and he left her alone after robbing and raping her. She knew not to meet strangers at the property, but she thought, this is my neighborhood as she live in the neighborhood. It is easy to say she used bad judgement as she knows very well not to meet strangers at the property; but in the office first, pre-qualify, ask a lot of questions, but it is too late now for that.
In my area where there are foreclosed and REO'd properties whose lockboxes are not electronic and they are those push button kind (vendor lockboxes), I refuse to preview these properties by myself. As if no one is watching these REO's, they could have someone inside the house to shake your nerve or worse. Criminals don't pay attention to "No trespassing sign". They look for crime of opportunity.
We are pulling for our friend, we can only support her in prayers. Please, let this be a warning. It does not matter if you are a man or a woman, it only takes one opportunity for a criminal. It is a dangerous job we are in, we need to be alert and prepared. Follow your instinct, your gut feeling!
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