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I have a shredder in my home office. It gets plenty of use.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kris Collis, Associate...
East Stroudsburg, PA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Jeff Masich-Scottsdale...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
3,969,534
I have a shredder next to my desk, and we have recycled pick-up every other week.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Kris Collis, Associate...
East Stroudsburg, PA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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Jeff Masich-Scottsdale...
Scottsdale, AZ
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
3,446,866
I do not have many papers given I went "paperless" in January 2012.
All files are saved as pdf and stored electronically.
The papers I do have, I shred.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
3,687,602
Emily we've had everything online for so long now, in two safe places. As for the old paper files......we did have them shredded after 5 years. But we still had an online file for the paperwork that might be important or necessary when they wanted to sell or buy again.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
2,871,631
ME? I snippet all hard copy anything of value into so many torn/cut pieces and then mix it all with serious garbage. That's all I know
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Richard Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
1,112,705
I have a criss-cross shredder to nuke old paperwork . . .
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
539,848
I shred confidential paper along with junk mail and non-confidential paper into a bin. I mix the shreds and when the bin is full I load it into 3 separate bags.
I take my paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, and cans to my local recycling center. I dump each bag of shredded paper into a different spot, not one pile.
I mention on my website that my business is eco-friendly and engaged in recycling, reuse and repurposing of used items to reduce waste, energy, and use of natural resources.
There are green business directories where you can list as an eco-friendly business. They include backlinks to my website which increases my SEO.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
5,555,796
When active had a shredder by my desk and used a professional service to shred dated files.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
2,558,848
Every year I shred anything older than 3 years Emily Medvec . I think every State is different but I don't waste any time or space keeping records I don't have to.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
1,545,944
It's very common for the local PD and even our realtor association to offer free shredding events annually. Even some community groups get involved as fundraisers and some local realtors do it as well in their farms. If I can find one of those, I take advantage of it.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
8,232,816
We shred the old documents.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
929,395
We shred.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
1,874,918
Our village & township offer these services to us many times a year. Just put them in a box & hand them to a pro shreding company.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Brian England
Gilbert, AZ
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
6,763,670
It has been a very long time since we printed any of those docs, and the electronic copies will likely be around forever.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
6,052,297
Hi Emily, I have been sifting through all the closed files, and watching for shred events. I have been to two so far, and have one full box ready.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Emily Medvec
Santa Fe, NM
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
5,052,039
I have a shredder at my house where I will shred documents that need to be shredded and aren't needed anymore. I have never used a service.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
425,566
I am not required to keep any documents, my broker is and she has both hard copies and digital copies. Her hard copies are shredded when they are 20 years old. The shreds are then burned.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
5,385,924
I have those documents shredded at the office.
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
1,666,223
I use a shredder. Works great and super easy/efficient.
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
637,764
5,281,717
382,833
We have a secure shredding box at the office. NYC real estate operates differently- so the secure shredding is important. Condo and Co-op Boards typically ask for 3 to 6 months of bank and brokerage statements for the buyer, plus their taxes for 1 to 3 years- all running through the agent as intermediary. I had one co-op ask me for 2 years of bank, brokerage statements and 3 years of taxes from the buyer- and they wanted multiple copies printed for the board members to review. That is a lot of confidential documents. Fortunately, since Covid, many boards are looking for pdf submissions rather than hard copies.
163,590
Maybe host a "shred day" for yourself and for your clients--might be a good client touch that's also tax deductible.