{"id":28947,"date":"2014-09-30T15:27:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=28947"},"modified":"2014-09-30T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:27:33","slug":"using-technology-for-real-estate-agent-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=28947","title":{"rendered":"Using Technology for Real Estate Agent Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">By <span class=\"entry-author\"><a class=\"entry-author-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agentdriventech.com\/author\/taratechwithtlc-com\/\" rel=\"author\"><span class=\"entry-author-name\">Tara L. Christianson<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"entry-comments-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agentdriventech.com\/2014\/09\/30\/using-technology-for-real-estate-agent-safety\/#comments\">1 Comment<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>With the recent, horrible, kidnapping and death of REALTOR\u00ae Beverly Carter in Arkansas after showing a vacant home to an unknown person, personal safety is first and foremost on people\u2019s minds today.<\/p>\n<p>As it should be. \u00a0Every day.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it can take events like these to take a hard look at how we and our brokerage (and\/or our company) handles issues like personal safety for real estate agents. \u00a0With most agents now carrying mobile devices of some nature, and new technologies being released all the time, there are a number of materials, devices, companies and apps out there for you to choose from when deciding how to protect oneself.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few that we\u2019ve uncovered:<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Office-Wide\u00a0Safety<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When discussing safety devices and avenues to pursue, you can look at it as an individual investment, or on a broader scale.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guardly<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guardly<\/a> is a company that is all about safety. \u00a0It has all kinds of safety solutions for businesses, organizations and individuals. \u00a0One of the most popular offerings for individuals is the Guardly Safety App. \u00a0Available for\u00a0<em>every<\/em> smart device (yes, even Blackberries and Windows phones), the Guardly App offers automatic connection with emergency services, real-time notification to designated people, real-time location tracking and an emergency beacon. \u00a0Although download is free, a monthly subscription for most of Guardly\u2019s features is $1.99, with a 1-year subscription of $19.99.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agentdriventech.com\/2014\/09\/30\/using-technology-for-real-estate-agent-safety\/\">Click here for more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tara L. Christianson 1 Comment With the recent, horrible, kidnapping and death of REALTOR\u00ae Beverly Carter in Arkansas after showing a vacant home to an unknown person, personal safety is first and foremost on people\u2019s minds today. As it should be. \u00a0Every day. Unfortunately, it can take events like these to take a hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[9,59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}