Do you rekey when turning over a rental?

Do you rekey when turning over a rental?

Rental Property Investor · Portland OR · Member since 2018 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes

I always rekey all the doors in my rentals when I flip the units for a new tenant as I always worry about the liability of keys floating around. 

What is your practice ? 

What would be a landlords liability if a key from a previous tenant was used to break in and steal? 

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Rental Property Investor · Huntsville, AL · Member since 2013 · 419 posts · 323 votes
7y

I've installed smartkey locks on all my rentals and rekey everytime.

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  • Rental Property Investor · Concord, GA · Member since 2015 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    7y

    We play musical locksets from one sfr to another. One thing we always do is make sure every lock on the house is keyed alike. We install new locks immediately after closing on the property. It's typically a mish mash of locks on the doors, some of which we don't have keys for. We don't have many "turnovers" but did change out the locks each time and would never consider not changing locks between tenants. We just buy inexpensive locksets at Home Depot and change out the whole knobs rather than trying a rekey type system.

  • Investor · California, CA · Member since 2016 · 117 posts · 26 votes
    7y

    Kwikset Keycontrol look pretty slick. Master key for one key hole, rekey the lower normally used key hole between tenants.

  • Real Estate Broker · Coppell, TX · Member since 2011 · 5k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    7y

    It's the law in Texas and in the standard lease as well.

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