On 1/2/2011 8:59 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Steve Barker wrote:

How many doors does the place have? At $20 a pop it doesn't seem
like a big deal. I just change them when a house changes tenants. Keep
the old ones for the next house.

That's a SWELL idea. It's cheap, easy to implement, and simple.



Agreed- unless your rentals are in a really crappy part of town, or
market conditions don't let you be picky about tenants, having 3-4 spare
sets of knobs and deadbolts is the simple solution. Pick one brand you
like, look at the little numbers on the box to get enough keyed-alike
sets for the biggest house, and as the houses roll over, standardize
them all on the same brand and model. Once all the houses have the same
brand, with all the same mounting holes, swapouts only take a few
minutes, since you don't have to mess with the striker and such. And
since these are rentals, all of this can be used as an upkeep expense on
taxes anyway.

As has been discussed on here countless times, all doorknobs and
deadbolts do is keep honest people honest. A crackhead or ****ed-off
ex-boyfriend is gonna just kick the door anyway, If you have an area
and/or tenants like that, you need a steel-frame steel door with a
long-throw deadbolt.

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