After an Arkansas realtor vanished on the job, real estate agents in Tucson are planning safety seminars.
Violence against realtors is on the rise in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2011, 11 realtors were killed and 940 reported being assaulted.
Many realtors are known to carry pepper spray and some are now carrying guns while showing homes. News 4 Tucson’s Rebecca Taylor met a female real estate agent who owns four.