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Rainmaker
4,582,284
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Many years ago I wrote a post citing a NAR(not NRA) story about an agent carrying firearms.  I remember a comment on that post that stated some agents can't be trusted with a lockbox key...  I think of that post and that comment on occasion.  And once again...  

Aug 05, 2019 12:14 PM
Rainmaker
1,056,272
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

THAT is how you do it!

When crooks FINALLY figure out that being crooks is less profitable than it is hazardous to their health . . . that's a deterrent.

Aug 05, 2019 12:19 PM
Rainmaker
2,400,177
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

So Candice A. Donofrio was up in CO doing business Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! 

Aug 05, 2019 02:06 PM
Rainmaker
1,323,044
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Brave? Certainly fortunate that she did not end up in a very bad way.

Aug 05, 2019 01:45 PM
Rainmaker
3,627,072
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

I read the article.  In my former profession all I can say is: tow the body, one to the head.  I'llleave it at that

Aug 05, 2019 04:00 PM
Rainer
376,587
Libby Cousins
Extraordinary Processing - Spokane, WA
Contract Mortgage Processor, licensed in WA

Kudos to that agent! She was prepared and it probably saved her life. 

Aug 05, 2019 01:03 PM
Rainmaker
7,863,469
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

She needs more practice. 

Aug 05, 2019 12:50 PM
Rainmaker
5,112,471
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Now that is my kind of woman! This story is also a perfect example of why I choose not to do open houses.

Aug 05, 2019 12:31 PM
Rainmaker
4,900,966
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

So you really don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

Aug 06, 2019 03:40 AM
Rainmaker
4,176,540
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! she is a brave agent, glad she was okay. 

Aug 05, 2019 08:39 PM
Rainmaker
536,943
Rose Mary Justice
Synergy Realty Pros - Dandridge, TN
Synergy Realty Pros

I had not heard this story until now. Glad she is ok and I hope they find this guy.

Aug 05, 2019 07:08 PM
Rainer
509,449
Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

Good for her.  That's why open house can be dangerous.  Here in my area, what I heard most often is theft.  A few keep the agent busy with questions and the rest rob the house.

Aug 05, 2019 03:09 PM
Rainmaker
1,846,901
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Yep, shoot 'em up.

Aug 05, 2019 03:05 PM
Rainmaker
1,506,013
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I saw that today too.  Sad how they won't approve any of my comments on that article or the one about the fire listing photo.  And they were complimentary to everyone too.

Aug 05, 2019 02:59 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,587
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Wanda,

Yes, I read it now. 

Aug 05, 2019 12:55 PM
Ambassador
6,418,120
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Never bring a knife to a gunfight, may have been a lesson I could have shared in the previous question.

Aug 05, 2019 12:54 PM
Rainmaker
1,390,113
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

NJ is not an open carry state like Colorado, and we do not possess firearms.  Pepper spray is another story.

Aug 05, 2019 12:27 PM
Ambassador
3,589,741
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Never do open houses along - never. And yes, being prepared to defend oneself is important.  My first year in the business an agent was brutally mudered while showing a home - at an open. I never forgot that and we all knew parnering up was the best way to prevent horrific situations. If I evern had an ingling something was 'off' about someone, I PAID ATTENTION and probably kept myself out of harms way a few times.

Aug 06, 2019 09:59 AM
Ambassador
3,349,404
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

The outcome could have played out differently ... glad this one ended with her returning to her family. 

Aug 06, 2019 09:39 AM
Rainmaker
1,574,666
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I heard about it... bet that little turd fled looking for a toilet because he done messed in his pants (and with the wrong Realtor!).

Aug 06, 2019 05:08 AM
Rainmaker
906,197
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

Good for her. As agents we're sometimes in risky positions. I hope that guy learned a lesson and never attempts to rob someone again. 

Aug 06, 2019 04:39 AM
Rainmaker
913,468
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Hopefully the knife weilding person shows up at ER needing a bullet removed.

Aug 05, 2019 07:39 PM
Ambassador
3,383,384
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Not sure shooting someone in that case would qualify as "equal threat."  Give him your shit and call the police.  

Aug 05, 2019 04:26 PM
Rainmaker
808,279
Steve Higgins
RE/MAX Kelowna - Kelowna, BC

She’s a lucky lady that she wasn’t seriously hurt.

Aug 06, 2019 05:28 AM
Ambassador
3,167,614
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I'd say she needs more practice at the range.  I'm not going to "not know if I hit the man or not"

Aug 07, 2019 11:40 AM
Rainmaker
1,728,156
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Love it!

Aug 06, 2019 04:50 PM
Rainmaker
2,375,705
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

wow - I did not read about this - glad she was okay - 

Sep 04, 2019 03:57 AM
Rainmaker
1,598,452
Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

What a story. 

Gosh, I don't know, how I'd react. 

Good, we sell condos.

Aug 17, 2019 09:28 AM
Rainmaker
5,877,335
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Yes, sad to see this in our market.

Aug 16, 2019 03:29 PM
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