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Your safety: It’s up to you
The National Association REALTORS® is kicking off its first-ever REALTOR® Safety Week on September 14. The campaign is designed to increase awareness about how agents can protect themselves from dangers on the job. TAR and local associations also will be getting the message out about REALTOR® safety during the week.
Your personal safety is not a subject to put off until you can fit it in your schedule. The time to read about safety, watch safety videos, role play, buy safety products or services, implement office-wide procedures, or take a self-defense class is now–not after a threatening situation arises.
Here are some resources you might find beneficial:
- Don’t Be A Target — This article, which appeared in the November 2002 issue of Texas REALTOR® and is also available online in the News & Pubs section of TexasRealtors.com, gives safety tips about personal marketing, procedures for meeting clients, conducting open houses, and what to do when a predator gets in your car.
- Field Guide to REALTOR® Safety — NAR has compiled numerous safety resources at www.Realtor.org/Safety and at www.realtor.org/libweb.nsf/pages/fg201.
- Safety sales meeting
kit — Brokers and managers can use these resources to teach safety
concepts to agents and brokerage employees. Find the kit online at www.realtor.org/rmotoolkits.nsf/pages/safe00
(a Realtor.org password is required).
- Don’t Be A Victim: Personal Safety for REALTORS® — This eight-minute presentation from NAR costs $12 and can be ordered by calling the TAR Products and Services Department at 800/873-9155.
- Safety Before Selling — Four areas of safety are covered in this brochure: office safety, dealing with new prospects, showing property, and staying safe in the car. Order 100 brochures for $35 by calling 800/873-9155.
- How Safe Are You? Web site — This site, put together by the Greater Dallas Association of REALTORS® and the Real Estate Safety Council, includes safety information as well as agent and customer identification forms you can download and fill out. Find it online at www.dallasrealtor.com/safetyfirst/safetyfirst.html.
- The Real Estate Safety
Council — The council, made up of representatives from the brokerage
and law enforcement community in Washington state, publishes tips, downloadable
forms, and links to other safety information sources. Visit
www.warealtor.com/Safety.
- Texas Roadside Assistance — Call the phone number printed on the back of your driver’s license (800/525-5555) when you are stranded with car problems, experience hazardous road conditions, or encounter drunk or dangerous drivers. Your information will be passed along to the appropriate local police agency or DPS office. (If a tow truck is dispatched, you are responsible for those costs.) When you experience a life-threatening situation or other emergency, 911 should be the first number you call.
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