My dad owns a 2 family house that he currently doesn't manage very well (he's older and tired of that house and flaky tenants, and it shows), so I offered to get involved with the day to day. My style is very different than his, and the first order of business is securing and beautifying the property. I gotta keep expenses low to not rock the boat, but some structural expenses can be reimbursed slowly through modest rent increases in a year.
Question #1: Since the house is in a neighborhood that's gone from shady to colorful/rough around the edges, the first thing I'd like to do is get a monitored alarm system installed. How does this typically work for multiple dwellings? Is the front door run off of one account and the tenants 2 other separate accounts? 3 maintenance fees aside, which I'm ok with, wouldn't that require the tenants to each carry two dongles? Is that how it's usually done, or is there a more elegant solution for one dongle per person ease.
Question #2: We have a lot that can easily be used to hold four cars. The gate currently is secured with a simple masterlock. Is there a low cost pin entry system that can manage multiple (including temporary) pins? Meaning, I'd like to be able to rent out the spots by say the week or month, granting and restricting pin access at will. I figure the tenants (free spots) can use the house pin that changes annually, and guest passes expire weekly unless renewed. Any system like this exist that's cost effective, or is this pretty niche and costly?
Question #1: Since the house is in a neighborhood that's gone from shady to colorful/rough around the edges, the first thing I'd like to do is get a monitored alarm system installed. How does this typically work for multiple dwellings? Is the front door run off of one account and the tenants 2 other separate accounts? 3 maintenance fees aside, which I'm ok with, wouldn't that require the tenants to each carry two dongles? Is that how it's usually done, or is there a more elegant solution for one dongle per person ease.
Question #2: We have a lot that can easily be used to hold four cars. The gate currently is secured with a simple masterlock. Is there a low cost pin entry system that can manage multiple (including temporary) pins? Meaning, I'd like to be able to rent out the spots by say the week or month, granting and restricting pin access at will. I figure the tenants (free spots) can use the house pin that changes annually, and guest passes expire weekly unless renewed. Any system like this exist that's cost effective, or is this pretty niche and costly?
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