Hey Everyone,I am new to the Real Estate business and trying to learn all I can before going out and getting my first property. I am a financial analyst for my career; thereby, making me a big numbers guy.1. What are ...

Among other issues, I just got a bill for $253.46 for rekeying the house.

Knowing they would likely return at any minute, my friends and I boxed up all of his ****, put it in storage, and my locksmith changed the locks.

Meaning they fall below income and federal poverty guidelines so you cannot wage garnish or levy their bank accounts.The point is if you have a file and income with credit you should know if they have resources to go after or not.If not and they have vacated the unit and do not have storage there then you need to re-key the unit.

By this time, I was already charged $125 for rekeys and deadbolts/doorhandles so I assumed the turnover repairs were minimal.

If the landlord took money to provide below-market housing to the elderly and disabled and now wants to force them out, he is a giant welfare queen and should be resisted.On the other hand, be prepared for the possibility that the low rent and bad maintenance were the result of bad property management by the guy who died, and the new company is just taking care of things (inspections, maintenance, re-keying, leases, rent increases) that should have been happening gradually over the course of years.

It sounds like "a lot" but appliances break, tenants are rough, turnover costs are real, even rekeying a lock costs money.

SDG&E is currently working on a plan to upgrade all of its readers to a digital network it can monitor remotely, but for now your meter must remain accessible to the gas man.As a locksmith I can attest first hand to the costly alterations owners and managers have had to implement due to these unfamiliar requirements.

If the resident rekeys without permission and your key will not work , I would order a rekey at their expense.

Another has a basement door with Smartkey, and I'll give them that, so if there's a problem with the contractor I can change it way more easily than the main entry with 3 cylinders to rekey and many keys to distribute.