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Listing Scams: Owner Impersonation

1OctoberMatt CohenProfessionalbrokerage, mls, security

Since the pandemic, a listing scam has begun to get more prevalent: owner impersonation. People pretending to be the owner of a property has been issue for years, commonly posting as FSBOs, leasing companies, or landlords on social media sites. But I’ve noticed an increase of scammers contacting real estate agents to sell or lease

What Matt Does in the Real Estate Industry

24MarchMatt CohenProfessionalassociation, brokerage, compliance, mls, risk management, security, strategy

The other day I was talking with a client, a successful consolidation project came up in the conversation, and they said something along the lines of, “You still do that? I hired someone else and they bleeped it up entirely.” That was my inspiration for this blog post. Who Do I Help? I still serve

Tune Up Your Pandemic Plan

5MarchMatt CohenProfessionalassociation, brokerage, mls

Pandemic may lead to various outcomes, including employee illness of absenteeism, quarantine of individuals or groups, and may require shutting down service centers as people cannot or should not congregate. There may also be an impact to suppliers/vendors, as well as a possible financial impact to as uncertainty may lead to issues with member non-payment

Information Security is About More than Computers

9DecemberMatt CohenProfessionalbrokerage, security

An information security incident can damage your reputation and cost a lot to recover from. Such breaches often are caused by the action or inaction of people associated with the company not handling the physical security of sensitive information properly. Every person working in an organization has a role to play in keeping information secure

Reducing the Risk of Real Estate Wire Fraud

1SeptemberMatt CohenProfessionalbrokerage, security

The Groundbreaking Definitive Paper on the Subject Ongoing bad publicity related to real estate transaction wire fraud threatens to damage the reputation of the real estate industry. Previous issue descriptions have been incomplete and have also not provided thorough guidance for those brokerages, title companies, attorneys, and others that engage internally in the wiring