REALTOR Safety Tips for 2012 from Andrew Wooten

Due to your frequent contact with unfamiliar people in private locations, real estate agents face more on-the-job risks than many other business professionals.

Our goal is simple; teach you how to do your job more safely. Our "REALTOR® Safety Tips for 2012" is a quick, simple tool for you to use everyday to decrease your chances of being victimized.

Approved Sites from Andrew

REALTOR® Safety Report 2011

September marks the National Association of Realtors' Realtor Safety month and the industry is currently introspective about the topic, sharing tips and tricks of the trade.

While we find it important to prevent crime against real estate professionals, we believe preparation is the best way to fine tune your gift of instinct. For the first annual Realtor Safety Report, we have teamed up with Moby and SAFE to investigate the rise in violence against real estate professionals.

Our industry has lost some amazing people this year, and countless others have been assaulted, and in conversation with leadership at Moby, we all felt that the actual crimes are not being analyzed in depth, rather associations are limited to sharing tips on heightening Realtor awareness.

REALTOR Safety Report 2011

Federal Trade Commission: Information on Identity Theft.

For individuals you can request a credit report or file a complaint as well as get helpful tips on how to avoid becoming a victim. For businesses learn about rules and regulations and how to keep your company and your clients safe.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/

Family Watch Dog

The goal at Family Watchdog is to provide you with the information you need to protect your loved ones. Our service allows you to view known registered offenders and predators in your area. Knowing who these people are and what they've done provides you with your best defense to protect your family - awareness.

We invite you to use this free service to locate registered sex offenders in your area. Just enter an address and we'll show a map. You can click on the squares that appear and see photos (where available) addresses, convictions and other information about the offender.

www.familywatchdog.us

National Association of REALTORS®

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the real estate industry. It seeks to be the leading advocate of the right to own, use, and transfer real property; the acknowledged leader in developing standards for efficient, effective, and ethical real estate business practices; and valued by highly skilled real estate professionals and viewed by them as crucial to their success.

NAR and Andrew Wooten’s Safety Webinars

Tony Macaluso's Real Estate School

National and State award winning real estate school and real estate training, real estate education, and real estate courses. Classes conducted from pre-licensing to post licensing, 14 hours continuing education, and 3 hour core law.

www.tonymacalusoreschool.com

Equifax, Inc

Equifax empowers businesses and consumers with information they can trust. With a strong heritage of innovation and leadership, we leverage our unique data, advanced analytics and proprietary technology to enrich the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

www.equifax.com

Experian

Experian® is a global leader in providing information, analytical tools and marketing services to organizations and consumers to help manage the risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions. Using our comprehensive understanding of individuals, markets and economies, we help organizations find, develop and manage customer relationships to make their businesses more profitable.

www.experian.com

Trans Union

TransUnion is a global leader in credit and information management. For more than 30 years, we have worked with businesses and consumers to gather, analyze and deliver the critical information needed to build strong economies throughout the world. The result? Businesses can better manage risk and customer relationships. And consumers can better understand and manage credit so they can achieve their financial goals. Our dedicated associates support more than 50,000 customers on five continents and more than 500 million consumers worldwide.

www.transunion.com

Gateway Rifle & Pistol Club, Inc.

Located at 9301 Zambito Ave in Jacksonville, Florida
A privately owned club, operated for the benefit of it's members since 1965. Ranges from 7 yds. to 200 meters. 7 and 15 yard pistol, and 25-100 yard rifle ranges open to the public. Open 7 days a week except Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

www.grpc-jax.com

Greenacres Sporting Goods

Located at 8774 Normandy Blvd. in Jacksonville, Florida.

Founded by John Farhat in 1970, and now managed by his son Abraham (Abie) Farhat, Green Acres is a family-owned business – and a family-operated business, too. On your first visit, you'll note the family resemblance as brothers and cousins in the Farhat Family work throughout the store – along with other family relatives. Green Acres is a true hunter's and sportsman's store – and each staff member is an avid sportman (and sportswoman). Each transaction is also guided by one of our professionals, who can back up their knowledge with actual hands-on experience in the field. The company prides itself on customer satisfaction, serving clients in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

www.jaxgreenacres.com