I have my first problem with a tenant. My tenants lease ends on February 1st, however he has not paid January's rent. Most of his possessions are gone and he rekeyed the locks. He told me he would be back on the 12...
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...
Do you routinely change locks between tenants? Any cost saving tips or strategies for this?
BPThis Friday I completed my first move-out inspection. A guy came over and charge me $300 to change my locks. He changed 3 locks. Does this seem like a fair price? Where can I get information on going prices prior to...
Just curious what others are doing with door locks. Do you automatically change locks with every turnover? Do you never change locks? Do you only change if there is evidence that previous tenant(s) may not be trust...
I just bought a property in Columbus, Ohio through an online auction. I'm an out of state investor. Today I had a bit of a situation which I'm trying to wrap my head around. I sent a locksmith to replace a lockbox on...
Hey BP Folks I was wondering how would I go about getting some keys made for a vacant house. The owner lives out of state and wants to get rid of the house.The house is not completely ran down cosmetics on the outside...
What do you do to keep your rekey/locksmith charges down? We have Kwickset Smartkey locks but are they legit for multi-family use? What about mailbox keys?
Looking for advice or recommendations on changing the locks after a tenant moves out. Ideally, a locksmith would just come out and change the chambers but I’m not sure if that’s a thing. I have a house with 3 doors th...
I Just purchased 4 unit with keyring of 30 keys. Looking at better options because I plan on having many more rentals and want a scalable system:1. $ Effective labeling of keys. Cheap option for now.2. $$$ rekey kit a...