I suppose if a tenant left the door to the outside unlocked, then locking the laundry door would hinder an intruder from accessing the room.

After allowing a woman and her 3 kids to remain in a house for over a year while only paying about 4 months of rent she (and her kids) wrote on the walls, cabinets were torn down, she didn't even let me know she was finally leaving and left the door unlocked, grass uncouth, fixtures gone.

Section 8 is a real way to desegregate inner cities and give people an incredible chance at removing generational poverty from their family histories.This could have led to an interesting discussion on the merits of section 8 to counter the naysayers, but it quickly went to finger pointing and dirty looks.I'll leave this anecdote here: I live in one of the Dallas suburbs where people still sometimes leave doors unlocked without a second thought.

Leaving gates unlocked?  

Butts and Rios texted each other with directions on how to enter the home, according to the complaint.After Rios arrived at the home, she allegedly texted him that he should knock.Rios responded, “Open it, homie will…he opened it with a knife,” according to the complaint.She then unlocked the door, allowing them to enter, prosecutors said.When the victim approached the door, Rios attacked him with a metal bat and then one of the men discharged a firearm at him, according to the complaint.The victim suffered cuts and bruises to his head.

They don't require tenants to re-lock the door after they use their key to unlock it.  

even without unlocking the door someone can break the glass and climb through the window of the door. 

Your opportunity as the investor will be to run the building better and unlock additional value.Here are some strategies I use to maximize revenue and expose turn-over opportunities.- Begin raising the rent like clockwork on the 1st of the year- Look for violations in the existing lease including pets, people, etc.

She wants the problem gone.Getting rid of the guy is key to unlocking more value to the property when you resell.

This will make it much harder to kick in a door in the future.Also make sure the lock is the new kind that can not be "bumped" and unlocked with a certain kind of key.