From Self Defense With An Attitude:

If you're a real estate professional, your primary job is meeting with complete strangers - showing homes, holding open houses, and even being out walking to your car late at night...all in the hopes that you secure a new client that you sell a home or property to.  You're faced with potentially risky situations almost every day.  Because of the very nature of your job.....your safety should be a main priority for you.

There are crazy predators who seek out female realtors - not really caring who you are so long as you are a  female.  Then there are those crazies who seek out realtors who are high visibility agents.  These are the million dollar agents who are on the cover of magazines, on the billboards, in the newspapers - their name is highly recognizable.

These predators see million dollar agents and assume you must be earning that full amount for yourself.  There have been many realtors who have been followed to their homes by such predators and attacked in their own home.  Some agents have been stalked and had their homes burglarized.  Consider your safety and the safety of your home and family Priority Number 1.

While I've considered my safety on the job, while doing showings, I hadn't considered just how highly visible we are within our own homes.  We want people to recognize us but this comes at the cost of safety.

This is a great article - read it and keep it!

For a related article, read Staying Safe in Your Home - Tips on Preventing a Home Invasion.

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