Herta Bailey, Columbus Georgia Real Estate Agent, Murdered By Tenant
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Columbus real estate agent Herta Bailey was murdered by a tenant that came to her office to discuss a possible eviction. The meeting was scheduled for after hours and it looks like they were the only ones in the office.
Folks, you as real estate agents are targets if you do not follow some basic safety precautions. It is very easy to get lulled into a false sense of security after doing things for a long time. But especially dealing with problem clients it is imperative to be in a public place or have people knowing exactly where you are.
Herta Bailey had a record of who she was meeting that led to the assailants arrest but that is still not enough.
RIP Herta Bailey, hopefully you can be a lesson to others and save their lives.
Monday evening, police say the man met with Bailey in her office on Whitesville Road to discuss an eviction because he was behind on his rent. Investigators say during the meeting Powell struck Bailey and strangled her to death. Then, he allegedly dumped her body in the trunk of her car — taking some of her personal belongings, including some credit cards, which he used to pay two utility bills.
The following morning, co-workers found blood stains in the carpet at the office and became suspicious and notified police when she did not show up for an 8:00 a.m. appointment. Later that morning, police set up a surveillance camera outside Powell’s residence on Pineneedle Drive. Around 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Powell arrived and was arrested.
While in custody, Powell revealed to investigators the location of Bailey’s body. Muscogee County Coroner, Bill Thrower, says her body was discovered in the trunk of her car on 51st Street in Columbus around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. via WTVM.com
It probably is a really good time to buy real estate - monthly payments are about equal to market rents ...
The part about the inventory is right on but in my area they are mostly low end and beat up ...
I worked for this man, he is a great con man and has done this in more than States then ...
You're right. If you come from Central Jersey (as the Boss and I do), you go to Florida at some ...
Maybe it was kryptonite...
ECONOMIC REPORT
'Prolonged' recession, higher joblessness seen likely
NABE survey indicates most economists now believe U.S. recession's started
By Mike ...
I couldn't agree more.
The newspaper has always "stuck" it to the real estate agent with rates that were much higher ...
By the way, homeowners trying to get short sale approval should be aware that lenders are comparing the initial loan ...
Ouch! Thankfully I haven't come across anything like that yet. We normally don't have situations like that in ...
well, the guy was here illegally.
serves him right. 
BY USING FIRST CLAIM INSURANCE ADJUSTERS YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT YOUR INSURANCE SETTLEMENT AND REALIZE FIRST ...
Comment by Heather Lawson on 2 October 2008:
As a real estate broker, I am very disturbed by this. More and more reports of real estate agents being murdered and assaulted are surfacing. I have personally taken more precautions such as having another agent with me at open houses. Besides the safety issue, there is also the issue of elevated anger and contempt for real estate agents. How can we make this better?
My heart goes out to the family of Herta.
Comment by Jean Louis R on 2 October 2008:
All my sympathy to Herta´s family.
This situation sadly remind us to always be careful, whatever the situation is. Thanks
Comment by Jason Sandquist on 2 October 2008:
Unfortunate and truly sad situation, Best wishes to the family