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Updated almost 9 years ago on . Most recent reply

Keys to your rental properties
If you have several rental properties in various locations (I don't mean multiple units in same building), is there any reason I shouldn't key them the same?
In other words, I had one property that I changed the front, back, side doors and they all have the same key. Now I am changing locks at another property and I am thinking to key the cylinders the same. When I change locks on the other two I might do the same.
To me that's very convenient, I know they have the same key but my tenants don't. Can anyone think of a reason why I shouldn't do this?
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True, you know that. But now Sam Leon, if your tenants Google your name and find this post, they will now know that their key might work on your other properties.
I always key all my properties separately and no one but the tenants and myself have the keys.
Whenever I buy a property or when someone moves out, I always change the locks.