Around here, like in most parts of the country, not every agent uses secure lockboxes on their listings. I get it, the secure lockboxes are pretty expensive, compared to pulling out one of the decades old combo's.
In the last couple of days I've had to chuckle when calling the showing service and hearing what the combo is on at least three different listings.
I'm sure you remember that the old combo lockboxes came with one or two default codes. I'm not going to say what they are here in a public forum. I'm pretty sure the manufacturer assumed that users would change the default code before using them in public.
Decades later now, those default codes are still being used. When I see those old lockboxes, I'm pretty sure I have about a 90% chance of opening them without asking what the code is. Secure...I don't think so.
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