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7 safety tips for brand new agents

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While you’ve probably thought about a lot of aspects of practicing real estate, the one you should start with is your personal safety. Jay Thompson outlines strategies to help you stay safer as you go about your daily activities. Continue reading →

Part of the job? Hell no! Harassment of female agents has to end — now

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A man, possibly operating under a pseudonym, has been harassing women in real estate online and on phone calls for the past two years. He has been the subject of several complaints across the country, in New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and California. Continue reading →

No commission is worth your well-being. Tips and tech for agent safety

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Despite the expectation of assumed trust between two parties in a business transaction, even those met at previous showings, real estate agents are always at risk when in the act of doing their job. Continue reading →

Virginia set to mourn agent killed over sight-unseen home purchase

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Long & Foster agent Soren Arn-Oelschlegel posted a final Facebook message congratulating the out-of-town client for whom he’d helped purchase a quaint home just days before his grisly murder. Continue reading →

He didn’t like the home he bought sight unseen. So he shot the Realtor

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New details have emerged about the 84-year-old homebuyer who fatally shot his Long & Foster real estate agent after growing unhappy with the sight unseen home he’d just purchased. Continue reading →

Real estate agent fatally shot by 84-year-old client

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Suffolk, Virginia, real estate agent Soren Arn-Oelschlegel was fatally shot over the weekend during a visit to a client’s home. Arn-Oelschlegel was visiting Albert A. Baglione, who’d moved into his new home just a few days before the shooting on Friday… Continue reading →

It’s Realtor Safety Month. Why is no one talking about the pandemic?

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The virus is a safety threat that should be taken just as seriously as any other physical threat to our well-being. Take some time to come up with your own on-the-job safety plan. Continue reading →

3 major risk types agents need to prepare to mitigate

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Real estate professionals face three distinct areas of risk: financial, physical and legal. That’s why you have to always make safety a priority and be prepared to prevent any potential issues before they arise. Here are a few tips. Continue reading →