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The National Association of REALTORS® is highlighting REALTOR® safety throughout the month of September. As a part of the safety awareness month, NAR® has compiled the 56 Safety Tips for REALTORS® list.

The list includes tips for being prepared at open houses, like tip #33, "Thwart thieves": remind your clients that strangers will be walking through their home during showings or open houses...For security's sake, remember to remove keys, credit cards, jewelry, crystal, furs and other valuables from the home or lock them away during showings," and tip #49: "Don’t use the 'v word'”: "when describing a listing, never say that a property is 'vacant.' This may be an invitation to criminals."

Also included in the list are tips on being safe in other scenarios, like how to avoid having personal information stolen online. Tip #46, "Beware of 'phishers,'" says "don’t respond to emails requesting personal or private information such as passwords, credit card numbers or bank account numbers. Even if a message appears to be from your bank or a trusted vendor, credible companies never request private information this way." Tip #56, "Be aware of adware and malware" advises to "be sure that you don’t click on error messages with unfamiliar logos that state 'your computer has been infected with a virus' or 'Trojan found.' These messages with unfamiliar logos will tell you there is something wrong with your computer and to download their protection service, when in actuality you are downloading a virus and setting yourself up for information loss."

In addition, there are many other safety resources available on the NAR® website.