Arkansas realtor safety awareness brought back into the spotlight

PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. – A Facebook post is bringing safety awareness among realtors in Arkansas back into the spotlight and is also leading to an important refresher on what real estate agents need to do to protect themselves. 

After looking on Facebook and seeing a local post about a man demanding to have a female agent show him a property alone it brings back memories for Carl Carter. 

“I think back to my mom and the reality of the world that we live in today that we have to take safety seriously,” Carter said.

Carter’s mom, real estate agent Beverly Carter, was kidnapped and murdered in 2014 after being lured to a 'home showing' in Scott. Since then Carter and his family have started a nonprofit hoping to help realtors stay safe. 

“They would reach to me and s...