especially for us, realtor, female realtors out there. >> reporter: when she heard about this, she got in touch with realtors with her staff. >> i have guidelines, we have to have pairs during open houses. >> reporter: she put out this post, telling people to lock the doors and leave, two weeks ago a fee male realtor in arkansas, showing a home, was kidnapped and killed. janet attended the associate of really tors. >> i bought a stun gun this. >> did you think you would find it necessary to carry a stun gun? >> absolutely not. if i had a gun i would use it. >> reporter: the orange county sheriff says it was a crime of opportunity and the victim was not specifically targeted for being a realtor. >>> two small children were hurt when a bounce house blew away at a halloween festival in new hampshire. the house was not officially open for jumping t had been inflated to dry out after a rain. the witnesses say one minute it was on the ground and next it was 60 feet in the air. >> i saw it go up in the air as high as the building behind me. as soon as it went up it kind of slipped and went cr

realtors are fighting more criminals posing as buyers and then raiding their homes on the market.s often take prescription medicine. one delaware county realtor says she was targeted. >> i received a call from the owner of the property saying i have been robbed. >> i went upstairs to get some medicine and it was gone. >> the delaware county drug task force features a realtor to help address the problem. police say you should remove valuable jewelry and prescription drugs, and a good idea to take down the information on the protectional buyers who come in. >>> and monitoring who is using prescription drugs, the bill headed for corbett's desk. allowing prescribers and dispensers of drugs access to a day -- data base of who is prescribed the drugs. not wanting them to doctor shop and getting several prescriptions. >> and recognizing same-sex marriages in seven states. in indiana, oklahoma, utah, virginia, wisconsin, colorado and nevada. 26 states and the district of columbia now have federal recognition. married same-sex couples in the state now have access to federal benefits. >>> a

as women in situations, doctor, where we're sitting ducks as realtors?ean, i think that we have to treat this situation as if we were treating a date. a single woman wouldn't dream of going out with someone based on a phone call, take them to another, they're isolated homes, and be with them alone. so, i not that although people have indicated that having, let's say, mace or a taser or a gun, i don't think that really protects the woman completely. i think there's other procedures that need to take place -- >> does anyone think that this is a good idea for them to be armed in some capacity? >> what i think is that it's a shame that you have to be brave to go to work, right? they're not in the armed forces. shouldn't have to carry a gun or taser. but you need to make smart choices. i look the options. the ice cream truck out there. >> that was one suggestion. she hires it every time, the pink ice cream truck. >> absolutely, bring a friend, bring your spouse. be aware of your surroundings. >> is that logical you're always going to bring another person with

the realtors are involved with a much larger share of home sales. auction says they have tested the model going back ten years and they claim they're very close to the realtor numbers. and usually beat consensus forecast. >> it is not a question of auction.com having more data. it is a question of auction.com having more timely data. >> reporter: the realtors didn't want to go on camera but told us they will watch, adding we stick by our data and believe it is most representative of the market. a market that has always been driven by the search and never more so than today. for "nightly business report," i'm diana olick, in washington. >> coming up, king james is back in cleveland. and with that, a one-man economic stimulus plan. what his return means to the local econom >>> it's the first lawsuit of its kind related to the ebola crisis. a california lay firm is suing consumer products giant kimberly clark claiming they committed fraud by marketing and selling surgical gowns as protection against ebola. the class action suit said the gowns failed in

while the realtors are busy showing the home to potential buyers. >> it's difficult for the realtorskeep an yil on every person that's in the house. >> reporter: to protect yourself, police recommend homeowners remove jewelry and medications when they have an open house. and ask the realtor to bring extra people for security. fran has already installed new security cameras. you have cameras in the closet now? >> we have cameras in the closets. >> reporter: some real estate agents surprisingly advise against having an open house. but that can be something homeowners don't want to hear. definitely check with the police to make sure there haven't been a string of robberies in your neighborhood before you show your home. david? >> all right, great advise. thank you. >>> when we come back here, the new host of the oscars revealed. and dozens of sharks spotted on an american beach. >>> and a battle about to play out what would you pick? game of thrones or house of cards? the big new move tonight. she's still the one for you. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is

to do more research on that and all that i have to do at the bottom is type in the realtors. and they ril rebuild the chart and show me all of the candidates that have received the contributions from the san francisco association of realtors and so you have supervisor tang and weiner. if this, chart piques the interest of the user, they can actually do the additional research and don't have to trust my numbers and they can click it to the bottom and take it over to the website and they can either work with my chart or it will tell them what i based this chart on, and it will actually take them to the original data set with all of the contributions in 2010, and so they can download and build their own charts on top of you can filter out the notice noise and this allows you to get to the contributions quicker. >> this is the ballot dashboard and this allows you to look at the activity by measure without knowing any of the committee names involved. and in addition, i want to be able to answer a series of questions, that are quite common with the campaign finance data. and so, wh

and check the realtor's qualifications. and the open house, don't be too open.america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> yeah, put the good stuff away. >> scary. >> yeah, it is scary. and it can happen. all right, thanks. >>> and coming up, our interview with brad pitt and the cast of "fury." what brad is saying about his wedding to angelina. >> walking through the forest. >> just taking a stroll. >>> and the american tourist locked in a london bookstore. how he turned to twitter to break free. come on back. when i crave a smoke that's all i crave. that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette. ben! well, that was close! you ain't lying! let quicken loans help you save your money. sir, we're loaded and getting ready to go... ...we're going to need you on the runway. (vo) don't let a severe cold hold you back. sir? (vo) theraflu starts to get to work in your body in just 5 min

so i asked the realtors about this, and they were very polite. a spokesman said they'll keep an eye on it and review it, but he added that they stick by their data, and they believe it is most representative of the market. they pull numbers from 40% of the nation's mlss, those are the local listing services. if you want more on all this, of course it's online. realtycheck.cnbc.com. sue? >> diana, thank you very much. >>> all right. well, the most awkward moment from last night's world series, mvp madison bumgarner receiving a chevy truck, but it's a recalled chevy truck. we'll have that story straight ahead. >>> plus -- >> they promised billions of dollars to finance everything from gold mines to movies. a scheme that went on for years. coming up on "power lunch," meet the mom who helped unravel it all. stay tuned. getting in a groove. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label a

while the realtors are busy showing the home to potential buyers. >> it's difficult for the realtors keep an eye on every single person in the house. >> reporter: to protect yourself, police recommend homeowners remove jewelry and medications when they have an open house and ask the realtor to bring extra people for security. fran has already installed new security cameras. >> do you have cameras in the closet now? >> we have cameras in the closets. >> reporter: some real estate agents surprisingly advise against having an open house, but that can be something homeowners don't want to hear. check with the police to find out if there have been any robberies in your neighborhood before showing your home. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> i didn't know. they tell you not to be there, though. you aren't supposed to be there because they want potential buyers to feel free to ask tough questions and sell the house. >> you can pose as an undercover person who is kind of taking a look at the house or send one of your friends. that's the way to secretly keep an eye on the house. >> or th

from the san francisco association of realtors. so it is the san francisco association of realtors in the contacts and you can see what it is for. and what the issue was that they lobbied for. and so, you can see that it is ellis act evictions or illegal inlaw units and so all of those details are in there. and i will turn it over to peter and we will talk a little bit about the challenges that we had with the data. >> all right, so i did some work with the propositions, and one of the things that we found out as we did work with the data is that all of these things that we decided to actually display like just total money raised, who was giving money, a lot of these things were not necessarily, we need to actually go and find them. and so, for people like our group, or for other people in san francisco, that want to just understand how some of these elections are funded, and it was just, it was great to have this information and we just needed a way to actually make sense of it all and for me personally, it was... i can actually u

of his agents with emergency apps. >> it's a big concern in our agency now, there are attacks on realtors. >> beverly carter was kidnapped and then killed after showing a home in little rock, she was the victim of the dangers of a solitary profession that often involves meeting strangers in sometimes vacant properties at a moment's notice. >> they are walking from one location to the next, nighttime or an area they are not that familiar with. if they feel nervous they tap the app and it starts to stream live video and audio and gps. >> i don't always know where everybody is. and it contacts the police. >> emergency c has levels of its app. for more information go to 6abc.com. lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news." >>> huge crowds came out to princeton university to listen to the dalai lama, he develop aid speech called develop the heart. they spoke about kindness and compassion, protesters gathered outside. buddhists rallied against the dalai lama because they say he doesn't recognize their faith. >> we have been requesting dialog for 20 years, he goes around preaching dialog but ref

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. >> realtors in delaware county are sounding awarning tonight about thieves who are taking advantageeing uptic of criminals who pose potential buyers in order to wander through homes while and tended. they strike, stealing whatever they can fit in pockets and walk out. one realtor told us how it happened to them in cliff ton heights. >> i received a phone call from owner of the property she's said i have been robbed. >> i went upstairs to get medicine and it was gone. >> delaware county drug task force added realtor to help address that problem. police say before you hold an open house you should remove any valuable jewelry and precipitation medicine from your home. it's also a good idea to take down driver's license information of any and all potential buyers. >>> hurricane gonzalo is over bermuda now being hit with heavy rain and 100 mile an hour winds. people have lost power and there are reports of significant damage. for more on gonzalo and weekend forecast let's check in with meteorologist adam joseph. >> all right. he is standing by in the studio with more on what we see there

so we met with the realtor. >> i think it might be infested with rodents and it's hard to even stay inlonger than like three minutes. >> reporter: debbie says the owner inhearded inherited the mess. it's so bad you can't go inside to take a tour. i want to show you something over here. you can see part of the house is even being held up by these woodest posts and if you take another look, i'm sure this is not what a buyer thought when they thought split level. >> it's surprising when you see a house in that kind of condition it's surprising that people will pay that kind of money for a house that essentially is a loss. >> reporter: not only will the buyers have to fork over the asking price but if they plan to bulldoze the place and build a new house that adds an extra $800,000 to a million dollars. >> in some respects we are happy it will be rebuilt but whoever does it, good luck making your money back. >> reporter: in palo alto, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> like the realtor suggested, the buyer plans to knock down the place and build a new home that they plan on selling. >> buyer has a

the recent murder of one realtor has brought these issues to life. >> beverly carter was kidnapped andilled on her way to meet a potential buyer. authorities believe she was set up. ryan owens has more. >> reporter: why did accused killer aaron lewis target his alleged victim arkansas real estate agent beverly carter? his answer, astounding. the 33-year-old pleaded not guilty to capital murder. he denies killing the mother and grandmother but he does admit to kidnapping her last week from this home she was showing near little rock. authorities say he posed as a buyer. >> we believe the person responsible for taking her, and as we know now, for her murderer is in custody. >> reporter: her murder allegedly at the hands of a complete stranger has shaken this city's realtors. >> nothing that beverly did that any of us have not done in the past. >> reporter: not anymore. carter's boss says no more meeting strangers at some empty home. >> i'm hoping the public will be more patient with us and realize when they call us, we can't just drop everything and run and show them a house. they need to

realtors are still blaming tight credit for the reason why sales didn't close. 15% of realtors says because the buyers could not secure mortgage. these numbers are from september. r, just before rates went below 4%. realtors are hoping october will be better. we know those low rates did nothing to infuse mortgage makes. in fact, those applications have been falling all month. now, another report from red bin shows sellers are taking it hard. they say it's a good time to sell, sell from 52% to tlif% in q3 and they asked potential sellers why they're waiting? 59% said they're waiting to get the best price for their home. over a third said they're not selling because there is nothing out there to boy. we have more online realtycheck.cnbc.com. >>> toyota is gearing up for a new headquarters deep in the heart of texas. phil lebeau is there and also texas governor rick perry. hi, phil. >> hi, sue. a big day here in texas as toyota has announced officially, but today they officially mark the beginning of moving to texas. what's in store for toyota and ba does texas believe toyota is seeing that ot

. >> reporter: her murder, allegedly at the hands of a complete stranger, has shaken this city's realtors. many spent four days searching for carter before her body was found in a shallow grave overnight. >> there's nothing that beverly did that any of us have not done in the past. >> reporter: but not anymore. carter's boss at the real estate office says no more meeting strangers at some empty home. >> i'm hoping that the public is going to be more patient with us and realize that when they call us, we can't just drop everything and run and go show them a house. they need to come into our office, give us their driver's license. >> reporter: which is just one safety measure recommended by the national association of realtors. they also advise agents to let the office know when you're showing a home alone. and alert the neighbors ahead of time. beverly carter's boss estimates 80% of the agents in that office are women. she says right now, only one or two carry guns when they show a house. she suspects by the end of the week, they all will. david? >> this case so alarming. ryan, thank you.

this so be a perfect opportunity for thiefs to strike while realtors are showing the house. >> they ripff typically three items, jewelry, handguns or firearms and three is now prescription medication. >> linda johnson, a real estate agtd was hosting an open house and a pair of what she thought was prospective buyers, he was telling me the story, and the wife says he is going to talk forever, how about i go upstairs and take a peek. >> received a phone call from the owner of the property and she says i have been robbed. >> i when upstairs to get some medicine and it was gone. >> sometimes criminals target open houses to steal prescription drugs and the district attorney says it's common enough to appoint someone for tips. >> it's a good idea to have two realtors present and it's not always just prospective buyers have you to worry about. one real ter stole from a home in florida. and when you hold an open house make sure are you not being too open. >> and also this note, police say remove valuable jewelry and cash from a house and a full look at the accuweather forecast for the weekend a

an arkansas realtor she's found dead and the murder suspect arrested said this was the motive. >> why bevly. >> she is a rich broker. >> neil: she was a rich broker. that is scary. tracy. >> i mean, he just picked her out of a crowd because apparently -- the whole thing is just crazy how his little mind worked and what society has come to because we can take people off the earth because we're angry about something. >> that's what's happened to our society over the last several years 37 it's target the rich. hate the 1 percent. >> neil: did he know her? was she well-known in the area? >> that's not the point. he probably didn't know anything about her. this is just the kind of sick mental capacity that's actually being grown in america. and that's the sad part. you know, we're hating ceos. how many death threats do you think jamie diamond has gotten in his career as a banker at jp morgan. >> neil: it's glaring because the guy was just upset. we've seen a lot of violent incidents where money has been the issue. >> in france people will cut someone's head off for being rich. i read the c

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it's been two weeks since the body of a missing arkansas realtor was found in a shallow grave. now we are hearing from the suspect in her kidnapping and murder. >> i didn't kill her. i didn't murder her. and anything that did occur was an accident. i never denied her going with me as far as kidnapping, i've never kidnapped anybody. i mean, somebody goes with you of their own free will, they're not being kidnapped. >> aaron lewis pleaded not guilty. he could face the death penalty. >>> in st. augustine, florida a memorial to honor a fallen canine. his name is barron. he is the only canine to die in that county. he died last week when he and his handler chased a suspect near a swampy area. >> a piece of my heart was left when i found him there in that swamp. i'll never get that back. rest easy, bubs. your job is done here. >> officials are trying to determine what role the suspect played in barron's death. >>> prices at the pump are falling. texas may be the cheapest gasoline at $2.71 a gallon. >>> in columbus, ohio, this super fan is taking it off and you've got to love his supp

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they represent deals struck in july and august, even the realtors themselves say the picture may not be so bright. diana olick reports. >> on a brisk sunday, they're looking at this split level. >> just trying to see the homes out here. >> but janet and her growing family just signed a one-year lease on a rental. they're not ready to buy yet. >> probably in the next year, more realistically, unless something really amazing comes up. >> sales rose over 2% in september but still are lower than they were a year ago, prices are also cooling, no longer doing the double digit jump since last year. >> it really turned into what i think is a buyer's classic market, the prices are coming down, the offers are even lower. it is a challenge for sellers. >> and the real estate confidence is at a one-year low according to the industry association. that may be because investors are moving out of the market, just 14% of september buyers and there are 6% more listings today than they were a year ago. >> the investor buyers, those are gold because it is all cash, easy, quick, they close, no problem. a

of an entire building used as vacation rentals for years the owner is a real estate attorney and realtor and that needs to be stopped right now it's still illegal and i hope you'll stop that it is pretending my neighborhoods 80 and 83 and 87 lingus to prevent them from finding a place in the city. >> i'm dale with the housing neighborhood and affordable housing jobs measure waiting on the filing of the election department i want to talk about the night to providing that transparent public and assessable short-term rentals when we were campaigning this is something that the nazi would do in the prior days of rounding up jews it's something that the american government did prior to rournd up japanese and today, we heard if a homeowner that's worried about his safety if you had a short-term rental no one is going to know when you're out of time and as far as privacy goes why should this public record be treated any differently than a business license or a public relations transfer where we know who is buyer and the seller and the size of the mortgage the buyer might carry if we're going to

one thing realtors say is realtor confidence is at a 12-month low.up in sales, realtors are not confident. these are closed sales in september. they represent contracts signed in july and august. this may be what we'll see for the rest of the year. it's a beat up 2.4% month-to-month. >> thank you diana for that breaking news on home sales. >>> coca-cola shares getting hammered aft e hammered. coke warned it is facing currency headlines and will not meet its full year target. the ceo saying in the release, we have taken a hard look at progress to date and realize while strategies laid out at the beginning of the year are on the right track, scope and pace of our actions must increase. coca nounsed it is firmly in cost-cutting mode, $3 billion annually until 2019. saying we are cautious in our outlook. one of the biggest disappointment was total volume. 1% growth. that includes sodas and noncarbonated beverage which is driving growth. if you take out noncarbonated growth, the number would have been negative. >> perhaps management is completely out of t

were coming behind me ask me about the business and then the corporate business and then calling the realtor i'm braced and felt dirty here let me put some money into the city to restore some of the preservation here i went by the property and an officer went to my house and tried to make a key before the agent closed escrow that was as opposed that to be closing in thirty days but like the owners when we have legal business with the city council please feel free when you guys see me and have attorneys and someone wants to talk to me feel free to call me president obama knows about the things and michael bloomberg in new york is familiar with my cases all senators is familiar with my cases i have congressional members i ask them nicely can they open a business so i can get to my new construction so far i had like two this lady who is an officer and the buy intuition on 205 mission avenue leah campbell says she owns my property and they're to transfer the case to germany which the securities have been changed to make a long story short she went to my historical property and changed the contra

his duty is to sell this property at the highest value it will be a problem to sell based on the realtor we've tacked to when you have a litigious tenant. >> so say if you have tenants in the other units that will be higher value. >> this was the owners unit and essentially it is an space just from a practical standpoint she will not be able to stay she's not a protected tenant. >> this is not a rent boards we're not - >> she and okay eject we got it. >> at the same time someone is going to move on her moss. >> commissioner antonini and i have a question for the attorney as far as the tenant is concerned he's been there since 2006 does she have a lease. >> a month to month. >> what was she informed this is not a legal unit. >> we have no idea the landlady is deceased we're working for the trustee and unfortunately, we don't have the dr requester to answer those questions. >> it's not respect. >> it would be different in the tenant knew our renting this place to you but it san antonio isn't a legal unit you have no protections under the law and if something happens to me, you have to leaf

. >> as a realtor, do you help us find the stager or do we have to search for that person? >> oh know, we would definitely help you. i work with very good ones, but you want to make sure you have someone who is a pro. >> you want to make sure you have someone who will take care of the outside so that you can get them inside. mary lou, always good advice and thank you for being with us. >> good to be here. >>> it is always nice to slow a home when the weather is good. it may be a little chilly but the sun is shining, right howard? >> done even feel that chilly any more, andrea. a beautiful day, light winds, sun shy now, although the clouds are going to thicken. even the 50s and 60s. feels delightful out there temperatures will climb into the mid and in some cases upper 60s today. winds not too bad, they'll pick up out of the south at 12 miles per hour. then tonight a chance of a shower mainly west of i-95. upper 50s by 9:00 p.m. our weather headlines talking about the thickening clouds and the shower threat. tonight's shower threat is minimal. tomorrow's shower threat, i'm t

to buy a pair of shoes for 1100 when i can get two houses for a thousand. >> reporter: since then realtorschinese interest in real estate there has skyrocketed. detroit is fourth on the list of cities chinese investors most want to investigate. in behind new york, los angeles, and philadelphia. marry snow, al jazerra. >> well, the chime east aren't afraid to make big purchases on big iconic buildings in detroit and elsewhere in united states. spending millions and sometimes bill wraps that they may never see a return on and alan pomeranz says the chinese are okay with, he's at the vic vice president of a real estate investment firm that consults with chinese on buying properties in the united states. thanks for being with us. >> pleasure to be here. >> the chinos bought the balance carve his tour i can't, and jp chase building. you are saying these are not good investments from a return perspective, why are they buying them? >> they are not good investment from a united states concept return where we have to have returns every quarter or report to shareholders. chinese view of the future i