Meeting Tenants at a Vacant House
Hello BP community. I grew up in a family of landlords, and with my rental business have done things in a similar fashion like they all did - where we manage the properties ourselves, market, and meet the tenants at the house. However, with hearing of a local landlord couple go missing after visiting a tenant to post an eviction notice, and after all of these other recent criminal, and some drug related violence in neighborhoods I sometimes have to go to, I have become increasingly scared. I have heard of some landlords meeting the tenants at a public place like McDonalds, getting their license from them in exchange for the keys so they can go view then come back....or of having a lockbox on the vacant house, having the potential tenant send me photo of their ID for LB code....
I'm looking for suggestions on how other landlords meet tenants, or allow tenants to view the house without having to be alone in the house with them, and also not taking a ton of time meeting multiple people at a house 45 minutes away. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thank you! (This is also a step in making our business more time efficient - as it's one of my 2017 goals! :) )