Excellent post, Les and Sarah. we need to keep safety on the forefronts of our minds.

Good morning Les & Sarah Oswald ,

I'm so glad to see Debbie Reynolds re-blogged your post as I missed it. You are so right and I like the agent identification form to be filled out..great idea!

This is excellent advice to share. Personal safety should always be a priority.

Thanks for this reminder.  It never gets old.  We all get caught up in our cell phones or whatever and forget to put safety first.

Good morning Lea and Sarah. This is excellent information and very important.

Lets not forget about the crimes that go unreported either....stay frosty!

Les and Sarah

Thanks for sharing these thoughts about Realtor safety. We just can't be reminded enough about this. And it's far too easy to just think it won't happen to us.

Enjoy your weekend!

Jeff

Ew, that shed story is a little creepy indeed!  Thanks for the tips.

Great reminder Les & Sarah Oswald - we can never hear this too many times.

I think agents who sit open houses alone are simply foolish.

One must always think of staying safe and never take that for granted. i always have a lender sit an open house with me. I have even asked insurance people to be with me at an open house. Can/t be too careful. 

I imagine this would also apply to a home inspector, as many times I am the only person at a vacant home, especially if the buyer is from out of state and won't be attending the inspection. Anyone passing by might see it as an opportunity. 

Safety is becoming a more often discussed topic.

Thanks for contributing your tips.

Les & Sarah, our safety should ALWAYS be put first, never chasing after the next transaction.  Our 6th sense is our savior, pay attention to it.  Great post.

Dear Les & Sarah,

Unfortunately, I have heard of cases for all sorts of Realtors. Keep your eyes & ears open at all times.

I will be atending a safety class next month to see if there is anything new I should be on the lookout for. This is a very important topic.

Nice blog. A lot of safety training focuses on how to get yourself out of trouble by keeping your cell phone or some kind of weapon in your hand, staying in common areas, etc. But the best defense is to avoid trouble! Proper preparation will ensure you never get into a sticky situation in the first place.

Good Tuesday morning. Thank you very much for your comments on my blog.

Les and Sarah

Your post make a great point . . . . Safety first should be the first consideration with all real estate professionals.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Les and Sarah

Congratulations on the feature for you  post with an important message to the real estate industry.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

It's far to easy to get caught up in the possibility of a sale and forget these precautions. 

What a wonderful feature story! We can never let our guard down. Though much of this is common sense, agents fall into routines. These are wonderful tips and NAR's video is very well done too! Thank you for this excellent feature worthy post and I hope to see many more written by you!

Wonderful topic for National Realtor® Safety Month and I do like that video - it's certainly one that should be shared with all sign-callers, etc.  This way, they don't think we're off our rockers when we ask to meet at the office, making copies of their licenses & pre-approval letters!

Congrats on the feature also, Les & Sarah!

Since a great deal of my business comes from referrals, I often did not consider my own personal safety.  However, some referrals do not even know the person that they referred to you.  I may be the friend of a relative, a coworkers neighbor, or even someone that they met in the grocery store.  So now, I take precautionary steps.  Thanks for sharing this article.