What is the best way to protect realtors and your vacant investment property (including short sales)?
If your vacant investment property is on the market as a short sale, it’s important to keep it protected while it’s not under contract. Empty housing can often be a target for crime, and that’s because people notice that it’s not being lived in—grass becomes overgrown, un-forwarded mail or newspapers may pile up, etc. When this happens, properties may become targets for vandalism or break-ins, particularly if the empty home is in an area where there are any homeless people. An uninhabited home, if left unsecured, can be broken into and damaged – there have been plenty of stories of vandals and thieves breaking into empty homes and ripping copper pipe or wiring out of the walls to resell it. When things like this happen, it can delay the selling of the home even further, as the damages need to be fixed. Break-ins can cause extensive problems that cost a lot of money to fix. Instead of leaving it to chance, banks need to secure, as well as maintain, their properties. That means mowing lawns and securing doors and windows with products like steel guards. DAWGS Steel window screens and door covers effectively prevent anyone who doesn’t have a reason to be there from getting into the property. Can you really afford not to use them?
DAWGS steel panels were created for realtor safety. They’re better than board-up because they’re built to keep homes and vacant buildings free of crime and uninvited guests. We take that seriously–we’ve tested our products in some of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago, Detroit, LA, Newark, and more – and we’ve come out on top. Nothing gets past us, and that means nothing gets to you either. When you go into a property protected by DAWGS, you know that you are guarded by steel, not flimsy plywood.
A Certified Distressed Property Expert® is a real estate professional with specific understanding of the complex issues confronting the real estate industry, and the foreclosure avoidance options available to homeowners. Through comprehensive training and experience, CDPEs are able to provide solutions for homeowners facing hardships in today’s market, specifically short sales.
We’re here to help, and we’re ready to stand guard. Check us out at www.dawgsinc.com, or give us a call. Our presence is a promise of safety that we hope you’ll take us up on.
