September Is Realtor Safety Month

Stephen M. FellsDid you know? I just completed a very unscientific survey and asked eight active Realtor friends about the campaign and to my surprise they all responded with a version of “Never heard of it.”

Safety is an important consideration in all jobs but especially real estate. One only needs to remember the murder of Realtor Linda Stein or the long term mystery around the disappearance of estate agent Susie Lamplugh to see this is a very real issue. If you need more proof consider the murders of two Ohio Realtors only this month.

The National Association of Realtors has a great section on their Website filled with useful information. You can see it here:

http://www.realtor.org/about_nar/safety

It includes some excellent videos. Here is one, please make sure you visit the NAR Website to see the others and circulate the information as far and wide as you can.