The first contact this morning was the seller of my newest listing. He asked that I suspend showing until tomorrow. Ok, I'll bite, What's wrong? Well he told be, my home was robbed and my house is a mess. I also felt violated at that point and knew I had only given out the lock box code to 3 agents. One, that I trust followed up by telling me he never showed the property. The other two, well I don't know them at all. My guess is the last agent was to blame. The seller slowed me down and said he might have left the back door unlocked. As there wasn't a sign of forced entry.
The more we talked, I asked him why he wasn't more upset? It turns out, the neighbor across the street 
videoed the whole episode. And got the license plate number. So he has some hope. I hope he ends up in jail.
Now I know my sellers disclosure has two paragraphs about the safety involved while the home is for sale and that lock boxes are poor security. But I always treated it as just another disclosure, this has never happened to me while listing homes for sale in Saint Cloud, Florida.
The last thing I thought of was his dog, a female pit bull. Somehow the thief put her in a closet. I am sure he must have baited her. Made me reflect on would my Rottweiler have fallen for food.
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