Categories: Industry News, Realtor Safety
Attention all Realtors® Numerous Realtors® have reported receiving emails and phone calls from a person out-of country who claims to need assistance with an all-cash real estate purchase. The caller may also insist on the need to retain a lawyer with a trust account, and requests a referral. The Realtor® or referred lawyer soon receives […]
Categories: Realtor Safety
A Realtor® in the Aloha area was recently robbed when working late at a model home. Please be on alert, particularly if you work in that area. For safety tips, please check out http://www.realtor.org/safety. For example, NAR offers guides on the following topics: – Safety at Property Showings – Fight or Flight – Safety at […]
Categories: Events, Realtor Safety, RMLS News
Take a free RMLS™ training course Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming real estate events & education for the remainder of December in Oregon & Southern Washington. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com. […]
Categories: Realtor Safety, Tips & Tricks
Rid the Neighborhood of Pests and Save the Pets Nothing puts a damper on a showing like a rat running around the house or a trail of ants marching across the counter. Naturally, as a showing agent you may want to use some form of pest control to remove these unwelcome intruders. But would you […]
Categories: Realtor Safety, Tips & Tricks
Tip: Use RSS Feeds or Google Alerts to monitor your listings on Craigslist We’ve received reports of homes that were listed for sale on Craigslist being fraudulently re-posted as a low-rate rental listings. These types of scams may be aimed at getting prospective renters to wire or send first and last month’s rent. For example, […]
Categories: Realtor Safety
September 13-19 is Realtor Safety Week It’s Realtor® Safety Week and the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) wants to remind its members that this is the perfect time to start focusing on best practices for ensuring your personal safety as well as your clients’ safety, home and office safety, and more. To help you do […]
Categories: Oregon Real Estate, Realtor Safety, RMLS News, Tips & Tricks
The State of Oregon Real Estate Agency has issued the following alert on its website: The Agency is receiving calls from licensees asking if their fingerprint cards have expired. The licensees explain that someone stating to be from the Agency has called them and informed them that their fingerprints are going to expire. The caller […]
Categories: Realtor Safety
We’ve received reports of an alleged scam targeted at real estate agents. In this particular case, an e-mail is sent to the agent & the sender says that they want to schedule a showing, but that they want the agent to call them at their foreign phone number because they are only checking e-mail periodically. […]