Home sellers should insist on electronic lockboxes

Yesterday when I tried to schedule a second showing for a house in Park Ridge I was informed that showings were canceled since the key was lost. I recall from the first showing that the house only had a manual lockbox. Such lockboxes invite problems. There’s no record of who opened the lockbox and when. Realtors can give out the codes.

With an electronic lockbox such as a Sentrilock, each Realtor’s id is logged each time they open the lockbox. If they don’t have a Sentrilock key to open the lockbox, Realtors are assigned a code which is only good for that day. It follows that Realtors will be more careful with keys knowing that there is a record of who last opened the lock box.

Home sellers should insist on this level of key security. Their home will be better protected. Missed showings will be minimized.

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