Realtor Safety 911

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Home Security 911
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Cheryl Watterson has a blog called www.selfdefensewithanattitude.com, where she discusses self defense, personal safety and personal security. I get a lot of good information from her site and pass along to family and friends.

Today she and her business associate put on a Realtor Personal Safety Awareness class for one of the largest Century 21 offices in Northern Indiana and the turn out was Great! Read below.

On Wednesday my business associate from ADT Security and I gave a Realtor Personal & Home Security Safety Awareness Program to one of the largest Century 21 offices in Northern Indiana. Our program provided targeted personal safety and home security strategies that each agent can use on a daily basis. We believe that personal security starts in the home. Therefore, your home must be a safe haven whether you or family members are home or away.

Experts agree that the single most important step towards ensuring an individual’s total personal security is to make the decision to refuse to be a victim. That means you must have an overall personal safety plan or strategy in place before you need it and be able to aggressively defend yourself if attacked.

Our goal is to provide a program of personal safety and security, self-awareness, and empowerment that will enable real estate agents to protect themselves and not become a victim of an attack by a perpetrator, an unruly prospect, or customer.

We all need to make personal safety and security a proactive habit 24/7. We can then ensure we’re one step ahead of a predator who preys on defenseless women.

Remember, Stay Aware…Stay Alert…Stay Alive!

Below is information that can help you in your day to day business of staying safe in our unsafe world!

Realtor Tips For Staying Safe On The Job

• -Always be aware of your surroundings.
• -Develop a habit of being alert.
• -Trust your instincts – it could just save your life.
• -When you enter a home, look for other entry/exit doors.
• -Don’t host an open house by yourself.
• -Dress conservatively and don’t wear expensive jewelry or flashy clothing.
• -Only list office and cell phone numbers on business cards – noy your home number or home address.
• -Stay in touch with your office – always carry a cell phone or voice pager.
• -Be sure your cell phone is fully charged should you sit at an empty/new construction open house.
• -Meet prospects at your office.
• -Always take your own car when showing a property and have prospects follow in their car.
• -Don’t go into the basement or confined areas with prospect/s. Try to keep your back closest to the exit door.
• -Let potential buyers explore the home by themselves – keep some distance.
• -Let someone else know your whereabouts and with whom you have an appointment with.
• -Use sign-in sheets and have prospects show ID. If in doubt when meeting a prospect, state that it is your company’s policy to ask for identification.
• -Never show a property alone at night.
• -Never advertise a property as vacant.
• -Report any suspicious experience to police.
• -Offices should have a coded distress signal that is obvious to the office but not the prospect.
• -Consider taking a personal safety/self-defense awareness class.
• -Carry personal protection such as pepper spray, mace, a personal alarm or a C2 Taser.

Cheryl Watterson                           Linda Sokol

Personal Security Solutions      ADT Security

(574) 514-1214-Cell                      (574) 220-0349-Cell

Be sure to visit the following sites for additional tips on realtors staying safe:

www.adt.com

www.selfdefensewithanattitude.com

www.realtorsafety911.com

www.homesecurity911.com

Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.

Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it.
It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar or rapist won’t stick around… after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won’t want that.

And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there…This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can’t reach a phone.