PROView - September 2008 - (Page 2) Chairman’s Notes Be Vigilant. Remain Safe. by Pat Ivers, Chairman of the Board An attacker may in fact try to gain your trust at The early morning voicemail first – stay alert each time you meet your prossounded promising. What a great pect. start to the day: a prospective • Do not bring prospects to a showing – have buyer looking to buy a home them follow you in their own cars. within the next 30 days. His brief • Do not host an open house alone. Take a colmessage spoke about his family league, family member with you, or better yet, living out-of-state until he had have a vendor co-sponsor and attend the event. found a home for them. A CEO Make sure all visitors are accompanied in order for a national company transferring to the area, he said, to avoid thefts – even the sweetest couple may he wouldn’t need financing but instead pay with cash. be out to steal from the home. He had found a home at the REALTOR®’s website and now requested to see the property, a vacant home, • Make sure you stay in touch with your office. immediately since he had a flight scheduled for a couple Have a direct line on your speed dial to your of hours later. He suggested office manager as well as 911. meeting at the home within Give your office staff a code 30 minutes. word or sentence you will use “Now is the time to create a in the event you feel uncomlist of safety precautions for By now you see the writing on fortable and may need help. the wall, don’t you? Sure, the each time you set out to meet Before you head out the door, prospective customer could make sure your office staff a prospective customer.” be for real and in fact looking knows where you’ll be and for to buy a home. Unfortunately, approximately how long. there’s also the possibility that • Make sure you bring a you’re being set up for an attack. cell phone at all times, and make sure it’s always charged before you leave the office. No matter how exciting an opportunity sounds you • Tell a neighbor of the home where you’re havneed to be vigilant in order to remain safe. Now is the ing an open house at that you’ll be showing the time to create a list of safety precautions for each time property to prospective buyers and ask them to you set out to meet a prospective customer. Consider keep an eye out for any unusual activity. the following actions steps: • Preview any property you’re about to show to determine any escape routes should it become • Without exception, request that all prospective necessary. clients meet you at the office for the first time. • Make sure to read PRO’s weekly newsletter as Ask for identification and start off with a brief any known threats are listed there. Also, be interview to learn more about what they’re looksure to review any alerts provided at www. ing for. Listen carefully in order to detect any TampaBayRealtor.com each time you log on to conflicting statements. the website. • Plan a diversion ahead of a showing so that • No matter how much you’d love the business, you’ll be prepared to get out of a potentially walk away if you have even the slightest hunch harmful situation. One simple example may be that something may be wrong. to tell the person that you need to get something in your car. No matter what your exit stratHopefully, these precautions will remain just that and egy may be, make sure you have one in mind nothing you ever have to employ. Be vigilant each and by the time you enter a home. every day to remain safe. • Do not drop your guard after the first showing. 2 PINELLAS REALTOR® ORGANIZATION September 2008 http://www.TampaBayRealtor.com http://www.TampaBayRealtor.com
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