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Christopher Oliva Are you putting a smart lock on all exterior doors?
14 October 2022 | 18 replies

Hi everyone, for those of you who use smart locks I'm curious if you're putting a smart lock on all exterior doors or just the front door? My STR has 3 doors leading to the exterior of the house (front door, back door...

Yousuf Kaleem Things to Check After 1 Year?
8 August 2024 | 7 replies

Hello,I've had great tenants in the property for a year now.  It is a new construction home built a couple years back.  No pets.  But very active little kids.  Lease renewal was just sent out for signature.  What reco...

Paul Winka Have you had to hard wire your smoke & monoxide detectors?
12 November 2016 | 17 replies

During a walk-through of my property today, my contractor says that my 1966-built single family with basement will need hard-wired detectors: Plain old smoke detectors in bedroom, and combo smoke/monoxide detectors ne...

Evan O'Brien Touchpad entry door locks - opinions?
4 February 2018 | 6 replies

I have a friend who uses a Schlage touchpad entry door lock at their two properties with no issues. I was thinking of making the leap to one for my student rental (I'm always making sure a handful of people have entry...

Mike Allen Smart Lock Recommendations?
17 July 2024 | 12 replies

Hi. New to MTR here. I've seen this lock recommended because it integrates with some property management companies:https://a.co/d/039XfxDzAccording to this article (https://strhub.com/.../schlage-encode-smart-wifi-dea...

John Underwood How do you handle maintenance and scheduled repairs
13 March 2020 | 9 replies

We just spent 10 days doing our typical "Spring upkeep"
We sanded down solid wood kitchen cabinets, primed and painted them.
Had a bulb burned out under the microwave.
Fixed some screens on the screened back porch....

Tim Huynh Have anyone gone Keyless
5 August 2019 | 11 replies

I'm tired of changing out my keys or rekeying.  I'm considering going keyless and changing all my deadbolts  (each one is roughly $55).  A concern would be that the batteries would be dead forcing my tenants to be loc...

William Nohmor multifamily front door locks
4 April 2015 | 3 replies

Hello - I have a 3 family rental house and I acquired a Kaba e-plex lock which is a commercial quality pushbutton lock with lots of codes, long battery life, etc.   My question is to landlords who have installed elect...

Mike Taddy QUESTION: Smoke Detector/Fire Extinguishers
25 December 2017 | 11 replies

Hey everyone.  I'm nearing Closing on my first two properties.  Both are multiplexes (4 unit and 5 unit).  For those of you with multiplexes, do you use smoke detectors that are "linked" to each other?  In other words...

Brock Hoffman Which Commercial Locks
7 July 2023 | 6 replies

Hi BP community,Just curious what commercial locks you all use for your properties. I am looking for a system to use for multiple tenants in a retail/office space. I have seen some with the badges to swipe for access ...