Ms. Anna 'Banana' Kruchten brings to our attention that our listings can be prime targets for home invasions. Please leave your comments on Anna's page. See you in the Rain!
How secure is your listing?
Last Friday I was shocked to find that our listing in a nice area had been burglarized. This has never happened to us in over 24 years in the business. I went to the home to meet a potential client and arrived with plenty of time to open blinds, turn on lights etc. Imagine my surprise when I walked into the kitchen and all the brand new stainless appliances were gone. It didn't register in the first second or two....it was like
what???? WHAT????
I immediately went back outside, closed the door and dialed 911. The likelihood of anybody still being in the house wasn't strong but I wasn't going to take any chances. After alerting the police I called my husband and he came over right away. He went in the house to see what else they may have taken or destroyed.
The police came and we went through the home trying to figure out how they managed to pull this burglary off. The home has an alarm so they somehow got the alarm code, in a devious manner no doubt. Most likely they acted as if they were clients and asked to see the home. The agent not thinking his/her clients were using them, may have accidentally left their MLS printout in site or they watched the agent punch in the alarm code. I'd hate to think there is a devious bad apple agent out there. I won't go down that road.
Agents beware - Burglaries are occurring much more often then previously
According to the cop, these thieves work in pairs or groups and it may have gone down like this: One thief most likely came back to the house alone, cut the lockbox off and walked away with the bottom part which holds the key without any neighbors noticing (or it could have been at night). They then broke open the box, retrieved the key. One thief went back to home, unlocked the home and turned off the alarm.
The other thief backed his truck up to garage while the inside guy was opening the door.
The thieves then closed the garage door so as not to be noticed by neighbors.
One thief proceeded to take off the inside garage door to the home and the laundry room door. The other thief started unhooking the appliances. Within minutes the thieves must have had the appliances in the truck and went out the garage door and nobody saw them. We're not exactly sure when this happened. We've got it pinpointed down to a few days or so due to lockbox activity and alarm codes. The likelihood of recovering the stolen property is slim to none the cop said, possible, but not likely.
How secure are your listings, really? Do you have a plan in place to handle emergencies such as this burglary? If not, it would be wise to get a plan in place. You just never know how and when thieves might strike. Be extra careful to not give out, unknowingly. the alarm code or lockbox code. If you have any suspicions of a 'supposed' client, listen to your gut. Protect yourself, and your properties. Be careful.
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Anna 'Banana' Kruchten
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