It seems no profession is free of danger in today's society. We've heard of real estate agents being assaulted in vacant homes, kidnapped for the use of their electronic key, and now murdered because the client lost value on their home purchase in 2005.
Troy VanderStelt, a REALTOR® with Nexes Realty in Muskegon, Michigan, was shot and killed in his office July 1 by a client who purchased his home in 2005 and could not sell his home for the same price today. The 73 year old client blamed his agent Troy for the market's turn. What a sad, sad loss for a wife and 4 children. What misdirected blame.
The irony behind this story is that the client would probably have been very angry if his agent had advised him to offer significantly less (matching today's market value) than the list price for the purchase of his home. If the offers were continually rejected because of a low-ball price that, too, would have been the agent's fault.
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