The number of workers returning to Boston offices in person increased 10 percentage points this year, nearly double the national average, Mayor Michelle Wu announced at a business breakfast Wednesday morning.
Is your colleague packing? Not filling boxes to help clients move, but “packing heat” – as in carrying a gun? Many agents are doing just that these days to protect themselves, according to the National Association of Realtors.
While at first blush it may not seem like a dangerous profession, the safety perils of being a real estate professional should not be ignored.
While real estate sales can be an exciting, even glamorous job, it can also be dangerous. An agent is often alone in an empty house with prospective buyers; sometimes those houses are isolated or remote. And yet if last year’s NAR member safety report is an accurate summary of the industry
