Boberto wrote:Interesting... I never thought of it that way.
I still dont "dream of being a locksmith" though. Took me more than 3 years to become a spark and a whole lot of money and taking S&^%.... I really can imagine how hard it it is to set up on your own having done it as a spark - and "retreated"... I suppose doing only a specialised part of the property which HAS to be done is more lucratif than something which nobody understands or cares about as long as its working... I really can see your point.
Im not judging and allot of the properties you then work on are the "people " who got us in this, (but actually it was the bankers and investors greed...) helps you sleep at night? How do you ffel about that?
Regards,
Rob.
@Boberto:
I am not a practicing "free range" commercial locksmith... All of my work on locks was done "in-house" for a former employer...
From my discussions with practicing commercial locksmiths they sleep just fine at night but some do have certain qualms about some forms of the drama involved in doing foreclosure work -- the kind where constables or sheriffs are removing the former resident of the property by court order above and beyond their personal objection... Most of the problems seem to stem from landlords who send a locksmith to a property they have not verified as being vacated yet and whom don't have proper eviction paperwork which can be served upon any tenants the locksmith encounters by a constable or sheriff, who try to lock their tenants out extra-judicially by calling a locksmith in to change the locks on the tenant illegally...
As long as you know the principles of the law involved and how the process is supposed to legally work and always have whomever thinks that they are "authorized" to have the locks changed meet you at the location while you do the work, and pay attention to your instincts about which stories smell funny and turn down some of the people with weak legal claims to be able to change locks on a tenant then you won't have many problems...
It all boils down to you having to work to put food on your own table and pay your own rent/mortgage...
~~ Evan
