Read the full obituary here:

http://www.funeralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1959639

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05/03/2017

Deceptive buyers with a pattern of writing then terminating contracts without merit.

Velva Dunn, RE/MAX Top Producers, and Helen Conway, Keller Williams Consultants, wanted to make colleagues aware of fraudulent buyers Lizbeth and Geoffrey Turner who have contacted several different agents to view homes, present purchase contracts and then use excuses without merit to terminate the contract while firing the agents who represented them. To-date, they have terminated four contracts. The wife (Lizbeth) is very hostile and displays unpredictable behavior towards the agents, sellers, lenders and inspectors. In fact, Velva’s seller is now scared of her and fears this person as an unhealthy overly aggressive/hostile and unpredictable individual who might come back to her home unannounced and possibly harm her. These buyers who claim to reside in southern Delaware may attend open houses in Delaware and Lewis Center.

For this notice and more, click http://www.columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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05/01/2017

Read the full obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=judith-k-tackett&pid=185039853

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04/10/2017

Saxton Real Estate reported today that they’ve had two instances where someone has called the office claiming to be a out of state agent wanting to see listed property. In these cases, the callers used license numbers and phone numbers for legitimate out of state agents. They were seeking the codes to access HUD homes on combination lockboxes. Please be careful when dealing with any callers seeking access to homes. An extra phone call for verification may be inconvenient, but will help you protect yourself and the property.

https://new.columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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04/05/2017

Louise Potter,  HER, Realtors®, reported that over 40 HER associates, mostly female, have received a Contact Request on their websites from someone by the name of Ian Barr, barr.i@yahoo.com, who is asking to “talk” with a REALTOR®. The same message has been left in each instance, “I saw your profile on the HER Realtor site. I’d like to schedule time for us to talk. Please reply to this email if you are interested.” The phone number googles to a person by a different name in TN. So, not sure if this is a vendor or just a creep, but HER’s Customer Care department has alerted their associates and wanted to give other REALTORS® the heads up about this suspicious individual.

For this notice and more, click http://www.columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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03/28/2017

Larry Stewart, RE/MAX Connections, reported that he had received a call from a lady in Westerville who had received a post office notification that her change of address request to 646 Elizabeth Street (a vacant property listed by Larry) had went through. She did not make this request, found out that Larry had the property listed and called him. Larry went to the property to check the mailbox and found two credit cards for two different ladies (the lady who initially called him and a lady who lived in Clintonville) with $25,000 lines of credit and $5,000 – $6,000 available cash. Both pieces of mail had the same markings on the envelopes and both ladies have filed reports with the post office and police. It takes 10 to 14 days to reverse a change of address, so Larry took the mailbox off the house to immediately stop any additional fraudulent mail being left at this property. He asked that we make agents aware of this criminal activity and if it happens at one of their vacant properties, they should immediately make the mailbox inoperable.

For this notice and more, click http://www.columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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03/27/2017

William Bradley Salt – President in 1971

Aug. 20, 1922 – March 17, 2017

William Bradley Salt, 94, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly Bexley, Ohio, died at home March 17, 2017. He was a World War II Navy veteran, who served in the Pacific theater. Brad graduated from The Ohio State University. He was a co-founder of Salt Brothers Hardware in Columbus, Ohio, and later the owner of Brad Salt Realtors in Columbus. Brad served as President of Bexley City Council and President of the Columbus Board of Realtors. After coming to Sarasota he was a co-founder and broker of Stevens and Salt Inc. He leaves behind Shirley, his high school sweetheart and wife of 72 years, their three children, Bill (Susan) Salt, Cathy (John) Forman, Terri (Dennis) Costa, nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brothers: Charles, David and Thomas Salt. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 23, 2:00, at Sarasota National Cemetery, arranged by Toale Brothers Colonial Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to Tidewell Hospice.

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03/23/2017

Cameron Mitchell gift cards remain available in $25, $50 and $100 increments. The 20% off discount will be applied to your total order.

Order forms can be found HERE.  Your order form can be emailed to Kelly Simmons (ksimmons@columbusrealtors.com) or faxed to (614) 337-7559.

Deadline: All order forms and payment must be received by Wednesday, Mar. 8 at 5pm.
Click here to see full details of this offer.

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03/02/2017

From Columbus REALTOR® Crime Alerts:

A number of real estate licensees notified the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing about receiving an e-mail with the subject line “Real Estate Coaching Survey for OH lic.” encouraging participation in an online survey. Please be aware that the survey e-mail is not coming from — nor is it being conducted — by the Division. The e-mail is identified as being sent by “Survey Club.” More info http://ohiorealtors.org/2017/02/21/division-made-aware-of-misleading-email-being-received-by-real-estate-licensees/

This, plus other alerts can be found by following this link:

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02/22/2017

Debbie Garrison with Century 21 Excellence Realty reported that a cleaning company had contacted her to let her know that someone claiming to be the owner of one of her listings (in Groveport) had requested a meeting with the cleaning company to get an estimate on cleaning the property. The cleaning company was suspicious of the caller and contacted Debbie to see if the request was legitimate, and it wasn’t. The homeowner had not contacted the cleaning company and mentioned to Debbie that someone had tried to get in to her home and when she opened the door was told that they thought the property was vacant. A police report has been filed. Just want REALTORS® to be on the lookout for what could be potential criminal intent.

Click the link below to see all recent alerts:
https://new.columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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02/17/2017