After an engaging 房地产经纪人® Safety course or Webinar, 很容易感到被赋予了力量, 通知, and fully prepared for any unsafe situation that should arise. However, as the months pass incident free, it is also easy to forget much of what you learned. Not having to use what you learned when it comes to 房地产经纪人® Safety is a really good thing, 但忘记它不是一种选择, 那么你应该怎么做呢?
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至少每年一次, 参加自卫或安全课程, 听网络研讨会, 阅读文章, or do whatever it takes for you to feel confident that if you find yourself in an unsafe situation, 你有安全逃生的工具.
Below are a collection of tips to which you can refer any time you feel like you need a refresher course. We will update this collection as we continue to learn more, and we invite you to 电子邮件我们 也是你最好的建议.
房地产经纪人®安全提示
新客户
- 向新客户索要身份证复印件. 如果他们拒绝，结束会议.
- Ask new clients to take their own vehicle to view a property. Just tell them that you need to go on to another appointment after theirs.
- If you've printed any showing instructions that contain the Lockbox code, be sure to properly dispose of them when you're done.
- Always introduce new clients to your associates sending a clear message that someone else knows who you're with.
个人安全
- Set up a distress code phrase with someone you trust ahead of time, that you can use to let them know if you ever feel threatened.
- Program non-emergency law enforcement numbers into your phone and call them if something ever "just seems odd."
- Most criminals are asking themselves the question, "Can I get away with this?" Do not ever put yourself in a situation that allows a criminal the opportunity to get away with anything.
- If someone you do not know approaches you and asks to use your phone or asks you for help, 你可以随时回复, “我不认识你, 但是如果你想, 我可以帮你打911." This tactic usually deters someone who may have been approaching you to commit a crime.
- Never linger in your vehicle whether on the phone or doing paperwork.
- Consider having your location settings on your cell phone turned on so that if you are ever missing, 警察会更容易找到你.
- 如果你被攻击了, fight back with the intensity you would have if that person was harming your child. Go for their eyes, throat, nails, shin, instep, climb up them, and do whatever it takes to get away.
- 罪犯不想被抓住或受伤. Many times verbal defense can ward off an attack before it happens. 如果你怀疑有人会向你走来. 大喊, 尖叫, 呼救, or even yell at the criminal and tell them to leave you alone because the police have already been called. They may not want to stick around to find out if you are telling the truth.
- If you are trained to use and carry a gun, be sure you take the time to practice regularly. 把你的枪弹开. Practice using it in various positions and at various angles (unloaded).
展示和开放参观日
- 所有参观日的人都签到了吗. Ask for their full name, address, phone number, and email.
- Make sure that if you were to escape through the back door, you could escape from the back yard too. Frequently, high fences surround yards that contain swimming pools or hot tubs.
- Inform neighbors that you will be showing the house next door and ask if he or she would keep an eye and ear open for anything out of the ordinary.
- Always try to preview a property and neighborhood prior to showing a home.
- Always carry a flashlight for dark attics, basements, or staircases.
- Remind homeowners to protect themselves from crime during showings and open houses by securing or removing: jewelry and other valuables, 钱, 信用卡, 护照, 社会保障卡, 处方药, 额外的钥匙, 车库开门器, 家庭照片, 还有标有孩子名字的物品.
- Never assume that everyone has left the premises at the end of an open house. Check all of the rooms and the back yard prior to locking the doors. 准备好在必要时为自己辩护.
- When showing the house, always walk behind the prospect. Direct them; don't lead them. Say, for example, "The kitchen is on your left," and gesture for them to go ahead of you.
- Upon entering a house for the first time, check all rooms and determine several "escape" routes.
- Do your best to avoid attics, basements, and getting trapped in small rooms. 永远让客户主导.
- Be careful and stay alert to your surroundings. If you sense any suspicious activity during an open house (or showing), 联系当地的警察部门.
- If you ever feel uncomfortable, simply excuse yourself to go outside and make a call.
- Always secure a property by shutting and locking all doors and windows, and putting the key back in the Lockbox before leaving.
- If unauthorized or unaccompanied (by a 房地产经纪人®) individuals are found to be trespassing at a listing, 报警.
- Check your phone's charge and signal prior to any appointment or open house.
- 在你的开放日之前, 通知你办公室的人, 我的一个朋友, or a relative that you will be calling in every hour on the hour. 如果你不打电话，他们就会打电话给你.
社交媒体
- Keep personal social media accounts separate from business accounts, and make your personal account private or only accessible to friends and family.
- Never post your location or your destination on social media.
- Never post anything on social media that you wouldn't want a stranger to know.
欲了解更多安全信息，请访问 National Association of 房地产经纪人S® safety page.