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Should I Change The Locks On The Home I Just Purchased?
My answer to the question every time is, "YES"!
Many years ago, before I was an agent myself, my husband and I purchased a new home. We were very excited about our next move up in the housing market. The home was vacant when we started the negotiations. We closed within 30 days and everything we well. At the closing the previous owners handed over the keys to our new home. They asked if we were going to move in right away. We told them that we were leaving the next morning for two weeks to visit my husband's family up north. That afternoon, we picked up our kids and moved a couple of things in the house just so it would feel like it was really ours.
Returning from our vacation we went straight to our new home. As we walked in the door, I noticed a key on the kitchen counter. I didn't remember leaving that there...  As we walked around, I discovered that the curtains in the two front bedrooms were missing. I was not broken hearted about this but it looked like the just pulled the hardware out of the wall! There were big holes in the ... more

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