Is this the best option for master key management?

[Igor Messano]

I’ve scoured the forums and posts reading everyones suggestions for master key options and I never heard of anyone suggesting this although it’s widely available. The suggestions are generally on of 3:

- Use locks by landlordkeys

- Use electronic password locks

- kwikset smartkeys for turning over units

I found this video on YouTube for a Kwikset product that not only has the smartkey feature for turning over units, but allows you to have a master key!! Best of both words.

It’s the “Kwikset key control deadbolt”. It’s the same concept of the smartkey where you can rekey the lock in seconds but this one has two independent key slots, both of which can be smartkeyd in seconds for different keys. This way you can change the keys for a new tenant, but also reset all of your locks to a different key to be used as a master lock.

This is the product: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kwikset-816-Series-Satin-Nickel-Single-Cylinder-Key-Control-Deadbolt-featuring-SmartKey-Security-816-15-SMT-RCAL-RCS/202641720