Let’s face it. The market has beat up on many of our superheroes. Some may have temporarily retired their capes until metropolis returns to normal.
If you were thinking about how you could return to your caped-crusading self, read on.
In class the other day, I instructed the trainees to look up their own Warranty Deeds — and told them to look for any social security numbers that might be contained therein.
One of my students gasped. He may not have heard another word the rest of the session — he just knew he had to get that matter taken care of.
If I were going to be a good neighbor and make some brownie points for possible future property listings, why not go through the tax rolls, check deeds for possible displays of private information, and WARN the homeowner with a nice letter — and at the same time advise them how to remedy the situation.
I’m not a betting woman, but I guarantee you’ll be the listing agent and the listing agent of every friend and family member of the potential victim if you are the one who advises your neighbor of this public display of information.
Identify theft is such a problem around the world — my mother and daughter have been victims twice. It aged my mother tremendously (she told you real estate did it to her) and caused her to spend many hours filing police reports, cancelling credit cards, changing bank accounts and sometimes banks.
On another note — some of these homeowners have no clue about the importance of homestead exemption. Again — more information to be dispensed with your superknowledge.
Don that cape. You wear it well!
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From BCPA.net:
WEBSITE – Why does your website display my Social Security Number?
Actually, it is NOT our office displaying the Social Security Number (SSN) you saw online on your deed — even though you followed a link from our website to view the deed — because the website displaying your deed is NOT affiliated with the Property Appraiser’s Office. The website displaying your deed is operated by the Broward County Records Division (954.831.4000). To have County Records remove your SSN from the displayed documents — click on bcpa.net records.
Dade County seems a little trickier unless someone can help me out here!
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