Non Wifi Smart Door Lock for Out of State investment property

[Kevin Kim]

Hello

I have one rental unit in out of state. It will be great if I can remotely set up entry key code for open house or new tenenant. I will self manage and in case If I need to have open house, I will need someone to open the door. If I install some smart lock door that I can control entry code, then I can simply give the temp entry code to the applicant. Can someone recommend any smart lock door(no wifi need) for out of investor?

[Miller McSwain]

YES! There are smart locks that you can remotely set pins for that DON'T use wifi! I was confused by how this could work when we first bought them, but I understand it now and they DO work!

We are using the "rent-by-room" strategy, and we put electronic locks on all bedroom doors and the front door. Our locks allow us to remotely add a pin for a new resident, make temporary pins for handymen/contractors, etc.

We looked for any lock that uses the "TTlock" app on Amazon. That way, all of our locks are in the same app and have the same functionality.

For exterior deadbolt locks (front door, garage door), we used this:
https://a.co/d/2SFMNcy

For normal interior locks (bedroom), we used something like this (the ones we have are currently unavailable, but this has similar capabilities):
https://a.co/d/8C6nYen

You can create codes from anywhere without the locks having internet connection because it can create them using an offline algorithm. So basically, you just go on the app and select an option for permant/time-bound key. And then it gives you a 8 digit code, that the lock's offline algorithm is aware of, that will unlock it!