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Change garage door lock (tenant move out)
My tenants moved out. I am planning to change the normal door locks, of course, but what about the garage door lock? It's my understanding that the manual garage door locks cannot be rekeyed. Is it necessary to comple...
Dymond Shafer
Bought a property on courthouse steps, what’s next?!?
Hello!
I just bought a property on the courthouse steps and was handed a receipt and told to wire the $21k by eod.
What’s should be my immediate first steps?
Thank you!!!!
DAVID GAGE
Winterization issues with my first HUD
Well we closed on our 4th foreclosure this week. This one being our first HUD. The others have all gone off without a hitch. We had our HVAC guy come out to fire up the heat and got some very bad news. The house has b...
S.D. Smith
Alternatives to Kaba electronic locks
We have just purchased a vacation rental in Florida (new construction) which has quite expensive high impact doors. Both doors have a multi-point locking system where you lift the door handle to engage bolts in three ...
Steve Diercks
Owners vacated house bought on Auction.com
The owner of the house left when they received my notice a few weeks ago. They have never communicated with me and now I see the have moved out. They left what appears to be unwanted items. Old bicycles, chairs, lu...
Patrick Slagle
New key for Kwikset Lovck
I just bought a set of kwikset locks for a new property. The locks came with generic keys (each box had the same key), and I’m trying to use a different key then the previous lock. The kwikset locks are easy to rekey,...
Zana Blue
Tenant texted me last night that "he left"
Out of the blue no warning...no other discussion...I didn't have a spare key because my ex property manager took them all ( don't ask) so called my locksmith ...I was really holding my breath as to what I might find.....
John Lampertius
Tenant changes dead-bolt lock...
Hello All,I have a current tenant who changed the dead-bolt lock without my permission. I found this out last weekend when cleaning out an extra storage area in the (condo) basement.I am planning to sell the place an...
Brian Berry
For those who self-manage at a distance, how do you manage keys?
I am seriously considering self managing from several states away. I have nearly every element in place, but I have yet to wrap my head around managing keys to the properties. Specifically, how do I get keys to the va...
Russell Brazil
Intentionally Broke Key In Lock To Prevent Showings....Complain?
I want to ask what you agents...and maybe even investors would do in this situation. I had a showing set up, one what I suspect was going to be a very hot property. Property was listed very late on Tuesday night. I s...