AGENT PERSONAL SECURITY...AGAIN!

Once again, my background may be my salvation!  Touring multiple $400,000+ homes in the Woodbridge area, many foreclosure and short sales and the majority vacant, staying alert BEFORE entering a home is a MUST for ALL AGENTS!   

Even though listing agents put a lock box..(more and more likely a combination lockbox)...on the front doors of their foreclosure and short sale listings...that lock box isn't doing the job!  15 homes on the tour list, 10 of them listed as "vacant"..."go show,  

3 of the "vacant" homes we entered had somebody living there.  Wet towels in bathroom, bedroll/pillow on the floor.  Gee, any guesses how they entered?  The listing agent put the combination to the front door IN THE PUBLIC REMARKS!!!! 

Do you guys NOT GET IT!  This is an inherantly DANGEROUS situation...not only for agents but for our clients as well!  Brokers, you NEED TO GET IT THROUGH YOUR AGENTS' HEADS!!!!  Combinations to lockboxes DON"T GO INTO PUBLIC REMARKS!  

My concealed carry license allows me to have a bit more security than some of you but I advise AT A MINIMUM, take a personal security class at your local Tae Kwon Do studio, or call your local shooting range and see if there isn't a local cop who provides personal security classes after hours.  It might save your life.....they will teach you things to look for, an awareness of your surroundings that you may have never thought of.  It's worth it, don't you think?  

I am appalled at the lack of integrity and honesty used in the remarks sections as well.  "Shows well"...now only means you want to get agents and clients in the door.....what you find once inside?????  The overwhelming smell of cat urine, broken cabinets, removed light fixtures and more.  Agents, why don't you tell us the truth?