LocksmithsIf you have lots of places negotiate a deal with a locksmith who will code your keys for you (~$12/ lockset door + deadbolt).

How do you take out the lock and bring it to the locksmith?

Just put a lockbox on - or have a locksmith do it if you're out of state - and when prospective tenants arrive at the house, they can text you for the code and check out your rental on their own.  

You have a locksmith there changing the locks as they go out the door, you get their signatures, and you give them the money. 

I had to call a locksmith, or I had to call a friend to come get me and stay at their house until I could call a locksmith this morning!"

I was hoping that she would have left after her lease expired and that she has lost the judgment; therefore, yesterday I called a locksmith and went to my property.

First fun part was finding a locksmith in Kokomo to get me in/re-key.

How did you know she had a locksmith drill through the locks?

I took over the management of our portfolio while living overseas, and found one of the most challenging pieces of management was finding someone to do an easy task (photos, move-out inspections, meeting a locksmith, etc.).

That said once you do a locksmith is 125 to rekey a door and a new lock and large pipewrench is about 50 bucks. your choice..