REALTOR Safety

As a REALTOR®, it’s important you have a personal safety protocol in place that you use every day with every client, like when meeting new clients, showing properties or sharing information online. The goal of the REALTOR® Safety Program is to reduce the number of safety incidents that occur in the industry, so every REALTOR® comes home safely to his or her family every night. We will accomplish this goal together with our members by improving the Safety Culture in the industry: talk about safety; create a safety plan and follow it; and encourage your fellow REALTORS® to do the same.

Top 5 Safety Action Items for REALTORS®

Access Safety Webinars, Podcasts, Articles & Mental Wellness Toolkit

Safety for REALTORS® of Color

There’s a side to REALTOR® safety that can occur due to unconscious bias and discrimination: a REALTOR® being identified as a threat based on their race or ethnicity. Recently, Eric Brown, a REALTOR® from Grand Rapids, MI, had an experience that resulted in him being handcuffed while showing a home to a client. Read the full story here.

Here are a few essential ways you can take care of your colleagues’ safety and your own:

Place lockboxes in easily accessible and visible locations.
When a lockbox is placed on the side or back of a home, it forces the visiting REALTOR® to walk around the property searching for it; neighbors can mistakenly believe this is an intruder “casing” the property and call the police. Help your fellow REALTORS® by placing it in a visible location.
Dress for the job.
Wear professional attire if possible – especially if you are not familiar with the area, and put on your professional name badge.
Keep your credentials handy.
Along with your name badge, make sure to keep your business cards on hand.
Contact the neighbors.
If you’re a seller’s agent, encourage your clients to inform their neighbors of the potential of increased traffic due to home viewings.

Report a Safety Issue to the REALTOR® Safety Network

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) now offers a REALTOR® Safety Network to notify members across the country of safety concerns and emergencies.

CLICK HERE to report a critical REALTOR safety-related issue to NAR.

About the NAR REALTOR® Safety Program

The safety of our members is our utmost priority. We are fully committed to ensuring that every REALTOR® returns home safely each day. The REALTOR® Safety Program aims to foster a safety culture within the industry and minimize safety incidents. The program focuses on building awareness, empowering members with safety protocols, and providing educational resources and tools to promote best practices.

Want more information? Visit nar.realtor/safety.

Safety Apps Available as a GLAR Member Benefit

FOREWARN SAFETY APP

FOREWARN allows agents to work safer and smarter by instantly verifying a prospect’s identity and potential risks prior to a face-to-face engagement. In seconds, with as little information as a phone number or name, agents can verify a prospect’s identity, criminal records, bankruptcies, liens, judgments, address history, and property records all in one place, leading to safer and more productive interactions. FOREWARN customers can log in and access the service via the FOREWARN mobile app or from a web browser. CLICK HERE FOR FORWARN SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

SHOWINGTIME SECURE ACCESS:

ShowingTime Secure Access® leverages information from confirmed appointments to keep home access secure while also making it quick and simple for agents to access homes during their scheduled appointment time.