How to Not Get Locked Out of the House

One of these days, you're probably going to find yourself locked out of the house.

But getting locked out can happen to anybody, even to real estate agents. An agent called me a few months ago to say he had lost the key to one of my vacant listings. He removed the key from the lockbox and somehow misplaced it. My seller lived out of state, and I didn't have a spare key.

After verifying that I was authorized to represent the seller, a locksmith showed up and charged that agent $125 to make a new key . . . read more about Locked Out of the House.

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_{At the time of writing, Elizabeth Weintraub, DRE # 00697006, is a Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate in Sacramento, California.}