Rekeying a new appartment complex

[Eric M.]

I just purchased an 8 unit apartment complex. I was handed a key ring with over 45 keys on it, none of them uniform. 

Do you recommend that I rekey the locks as I turn my tenants? Rekey them immediately? Don't bother? I would love to standardize all of the locks so that i could use a master key to open any door - Am I just being anal retentive?

[Mike McCarthy]

I haven’t done it yet, but take a look at landlord-locks. It’s basically a professional multi-master key system like you’d see at a large office building or campus, but proved reasonably for 2 or 200 units. They mail you the lock sets and keyways, and you can swap or order new keys and keyways as you need them.

From what I’ve heard here and read online, definitely the way to go.