Agent Safety Month with Carl Carter
September is Real Estate Agent Safety Month, and the guest on this episode of the Start With A Win podcast is one of the biggest advocates for improving agent safety. After the tragic loss of his mother during a house showing, Carl Carter started a nonprofit foundation in her memory to help others tell their stories and inspire change.
On this episode of the Start with a Win podcast, our guest is Carl Carter of RE/MAX Elite in North Little Rock, Arkansas, who is also the founder of the Beverly Carter Foundation. Carl’s mother, Beverly, was a realtor who was tragically kidnapped and killed in 2014 during a house showing. After her untimely and violent death, Carl started to share his mother’s story and realized that many other real estate agents had experienced dangerous circumstances or assaults. This led him to start the foundation as a nonprofit to provide resources and education to the real estate industry. Over the past few years, countless individuals have reached out to Carl with their own stories.
Carl and the foundation advocate for policies that will provide agents with safeguards. These policies range from requesting identity verification before taking on a new client, initially meeting in a public place, or scheduling a virtual meeting. When it comes to changes that Carl would like to see in the industry, he points out many leaders are afraid to bring up safety for fear of litigation, but that leaders instigating a safety culture from the top down is crucial to the safety of their agents and clients.
For more information about the Beverly Carter Foundation and for downloadable resources, visit https://www.beverlycarterfoundation.org.
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