Working more with sellers in Sacramento these days than buyers means I use my lockbox display key more for setting up lockboxes than opening the lockbox to retrieve keys. It still doesn't reduce the anxiety of what would happen if my gizmo doesn't work. In part, I can resolve that issue by opening the bottom key tray and releasing the lock bar prior to driving over to my seller's home.
A few days ago while setting up a file for signature and noting the number of the lockbox in my records for uploading to MLS, I decided that to be better prepared, I could open the box in advance. I picked up my handy display key, entered my code, pointed it at the infrared on the lockbox. Bzzzt. I hate that sound. It means it isn't working. What the? I tried it again. Bzzzt. Well, it's a good thing this happened in the comfort of my own home office instead of at the seller's dining room table. Oh, wait, hahahahaha, it's only 5 AM. Of course, the lockbox is time sensitive and won't open until 9 AM. Duh.
Read more in my personal blog today about Why This Sacramento Agent Carries a Display Key, instead of using an eKey with her cellphone.
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