You need to become a mini-lock expert in order to protect the homes that you are showing off and protect the homes you are selling as a real estate agent. Understanding how locks work will help make you a better real estate agent who can meet the needs of both sellers and buyers.

1. Rekeying Is the Key

As a real estate agent, when a customer purchases a new home or apartment, one of the tips you need to pass on to them is to rekey the locks. Rekeying is a process where instead of purchasing new locks for all the doors, the current locks can be reconfigured so that the old key doesn't fit anymore. New keys will be cut to match the locks.

One should always either change the locks or rekey the locks on a home before moving in. Rekeying is the only way to ensure the new owner is the only one who has the keys to the home. As a real estate agent, rekeying can be a thoughtful and useful closing gift to your clients. It is an affordable gift you can give your customers who just purchased a home. A gift of a secure home is a great last impression to make. 

2. Deadbolts Keep Things Secure

When you are showing a home, you want to make sure the home is secure. Homes can be more vulnerable to break-ins when they are on the market, and more people are moving in and out of them. That is why you should recommend to anyone who is selling a house to make sure they have deadbolts on all their exterior doors. In addition, suggesting deadbolts on all their doors, suggest that they use longer screws in their deadbolts. Longer screws help increase the protection factor of the deadbolts and make it a lot harder to kick in a door.

Suggest any clients who have a home on the market install deadbolt locks on all exterior doors and use long screws to hold the deadbolts in place. As a real estate agent, you need to be able to make sure that the homes you have listed on the market are secure, and that the homes you sell to new owners are secure as well. Developing a relationship with a local locksmith, who can secure the deadbolts for any homes you have listed, and can rekey any homes you sell, will help you stand out in a crowded real estate market as an agent who takes the extra steps to help both buyers and sellers.

For more information, contact your local locksmith.

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