Re: Renting short term - Landlord Forum thread 324445

Re: Renting short term by Katiekate (New York) on September 14, 2014 @13:24

I rent to college kids. Not quite the same..but..it is a lot like renting out rooms

I have a set of locks that are keyed for 3 keys per lock. The tenant gets one key for the room, and a different key for the house. I have the only master key that opens every lock on every door I own. My maintenance guy has a sub-master that opens the front door to every place I own in that town.

It requires I pay attention to what locks I am taking out (at move out) and what locks (key) I am putting in.

I have a locksmith teach me to do this years ago, and I re-key my own locks....but I try to keep it straight so I don't have to do it often..it is such a pain

As for deposit. You bet..get a deposit equal to one rental period. So if it is a week..then one week deposit, Be prepared to evict fast if they don't pay the rent. If you can get military personnel, then you can check them out with their command. Good to do, I understand the base command will come down really heavy on their people who don't pay rent.

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Re: Renting short term by Anonymous on September 14, 2014 @13:31	[ Reply ]

Thank you so much for you input Barb

Re: Renting short term by anon on September 16, 2014 @14:26	[ Reply ]

How does one become a locksmith? Seriously.

Re: Renting short term by Katiekate (New York) on September 17, 2014 @13:42	[ Reply ]

As a landlord...take your property tax documents for all you rental properties in that town..also the leases. Go to a locksmith. He is going to want proof that you have a legit purpose to know all this about locks and further to order the materials that only a locksmith has access too You will have to pay him...but you should be able to find one willing to teach you and sell to you the tools and materials of a locksmith. That's how I did it.

Re: Renting short term by Darci Thompson (Virginia) on September 26, 2014 @12:24	[ Reply ]

Invest in electronic locks that have WI-fi capability... sooooo worth the time and expense. We have them on front and back door and getting ready to install on tenant doors. For another $50 bucks invest in a wi-fi camera to take pics of the people entering front door so you can make sure nobody is giving out code. Trust me... this expense is so very, very well worth the diminished headaches of keys, re-keying changing locks, unauthorized visitors...