Be careful with your closings between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
Everyone involved in the real estate business – including buyers and sellers – will be busy, distracted, and overscheduled … as are cyber criminals except for the distracted part; they are 100% focused on blowing up your deal and stealing buyers’ funds and sellers’ proceeds.
According to the FBI, Florida is #2 behind California in the number of cyber crime victims and total reported losses.
Talk carefully with your customers and settlement services provider on how “money is going to move” during the transaction.
Remember; you’re not being paranoid if people are actually out to get you.
My Agent Greg 