ABoR Member Benefit: FOREWARN

This member benefit equips our members with a powerful tool for swiftly confirming the identity, criminal background, and property information of potential clients.

With FOREWARN, members can effortlessly access vital insights on prospective clients in mere seconds, using either a phone number or name. This intuitive platform enables real estate professionals to verify crucial details such as identity, phone numbers, address history, financial indicators, property records, and nationwide criminal history.

By integrating this innovative tool into their workflow, members can enhance their safety measures and cultivate a proactive approach to client interactions. This initiative aims to ingrain safety awareness and practices into the daily routines of real estate professionals, ensuring they, along with their clients and customers, are equipped to mitigate risks and navigate potential hazards effectively.

Setting up your FREE FOREWARN account is quick and easy:

  1. Click this link, enter the email address associated with your ABoR account, and follow the prompts.
  2. Access the FOREWARN app from your mobile device or web browser for quick searches.
  3. Remember to comply with professional usage guidelines outlined in the Subscriber Agreement and Terms and Conditions.

For support, contact FOREWARN Customer Support at 561-757-4551 or support@forewarn.com.

FAQs

FOREWARN is an application that brings intelligence to the real estate industry, helping to ensure safer engagements and more thoughtful interactions. Leveraging powerful analytics and a massive data repository, FOREWARN solutions enable real estate professionals to verify identity, search for criminal histories, and validate information provided by potential clients - all from just a phone number or a name.

We offer FOREWARN as a member benefit because it provides instant access to valuable identity information, enhancing safety for our members interacting with unknown parties. The app allows users to gain insight into prospective clients within seconds using just a phone number, offering mobile identity verification and access to public records for over 98% of the U.S. adult population. With approximately 90% coverage of mobile and residential phone numbers, FOREWARN enables efficient verification of individuals solely through their phone numbers.

This free member benefit is included in your annual dues of $175 annually. FOREWARN is a $240 value.

  • Click here and enter the email address associated with your ABoR account.
  • You will receive an activation email from FOREWARN; open it and click the link.
  • The emailed link will take you to a webpage to enter the last 4-digits of your phone number.
  • Enter the confirmation code on the webpage sent to your phone number.
  • Upon confirmation, you will be prompted to create a password.
  • After activating your account, log into FOREWARN via the web or the FOREWARN app.

Click here from your mobile device for iOS / Apple / iPhone / iPad app

Click here from your mobile device for Android app

If you experience difficulty setting up your password, logging into, or using FOREWARN, please contact FOREWARN support at 561-757-4551 or support@forewarn.com (Monday – Friday; 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET).

This benefit is available to all Primary and Secondary ABoR REALTOR® members.

No, not through ABoR. This complimentary benefit is exclusive to ABoR REALTOR® Members. FOREWARN is its own entity and can be purchased at retail.

NAR has offered Forewarn as a suggested Safety Application for Smartphones. Priced at $20/month with an annual agreement for individual agents. FOREWARN is not currently a member benefit offered through the Texas REALTORS® association.

Each year, NAR, TR, and ABoR dedicate September as REALTOR® Safety Month. We strongly encourage associations, brokerages, and members to keep safety at the forefront of their minds every day of the year.

ABoR will offer In Person: REALTOR® Safety First: Safety Strategies for the Modern REALTORS® on September 12 at ABoR HQ from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.