Wow, an older couple? Sad news.

We have been having issues with people impersonation agents.  They call the listing office to set up showings on homes.  Then they go and steal from the homes.  We just recently changed over to electronic LB's but not everyone uses them.  I have had a few offices call me up with confirmation on a showing I never set up.  (which is surprising that anyone would try to impersonate me.  No one can pronounce my last name)

Not just out of sight with the jewelry, but locked up!!  I was showing a house recently. Nice house in a nice neighborhood.  They had remodeled and added a master downstairs with a really cool closet.  We thought it wasn't being used as a bedroom because, ahhh, no bed!!  Just a few stray peices of furniture. there were some items in the closet, but not a lot...  the closet had very nice built ins.  I went to open the top drawer to see them more clearly.. buyers were standing there as well.. Open the drawer and it is was FULL of jewelry.  I quickly closed the drawer.  but it freaked me out.

I'm thinking, if something goes missing we are the only ones here and could get blamed.  

I tell my sellers, put it away, lock it up and don't leave it laying around.

Shelly

Yeah, I can't pronounce your last name either, so I just call you Joe-L.  and NOThING else, I promise : )  

Shelly

I showed a house once where all the old-fashioned door hardware - brass and glass doorknobs - were missing. We assumed the seller had removed them while the house was sitting empty and being shown, so when we wrote the offer, we asked for them to be replaced. Then we got a call from the listing agent asking what the heck we were talking about. Turned out someone had removed all the good stuff during a showing. Only agents with clients had come through, and there must have been at least ten doors in the place; it wasn't like the agent could have missed seeing his or her client removing them all and walking out with them. We were outbid and didn't get the house, but last I heard, the seller never did get them back.

Door knobs?  You would think the agent would have noticed something like that!  I wonder what the value was on those door knobs.  Could it really be worth your license?

Jana

Not only your jewelry but also your guns.

I showed a property where a pistol was loaded and left on the nightstand I called the listing agent and told her about the gun and she said the lady was an older lady and she gets scared at night.  I told her not to worry it scared my people right out of the house.  Next house please.

Here we have a lot of people that collect guns, hunt, and have several gun cabinets.  I advise to keep locked but I would like them off site while the property is listed with me.

:)  Shelly

thanks Lisa. Great tip about the windows. I just informed my whole company!