Posted by peanutjets on 12/31/2011 3:43:00 PM (view original):
Posted by mojolad on 12/31/2011 2:05:00 PM (view original):
Posted by peanutjets on 12/31/2011 12:33:00 PM (view original):
REO Broker.
I evict people out of their homes and then sell the homes.
Lol.
And I was the locksmith standing next to you as they were evicted and waiting to go inside and change their locks and secure the house.
Did a lot of work for RE brokers; going into so called empty houses in the worst of neighborhoods. They weren't always empty(squatters). Was stopped on many an occasion by police. With hands in the air :"Hello officer. Im a locksmith doing a job here. I just want to tell you up front I have a licensed pistol in my pocket so there are no surprises. You may check with the people who hired me to do the job if you like."
I even broke into a bank once; legally. It was permanently closed and some higher up forgot some paperwork. So he hired me to get him back in. You can't imagine the calls to make sure that one was a straight up job. People have used locksmiths to break in and if he's not careful, then the locksmith innocently helps in a crime.
Oh nice. I'm the guy hiding behind the Marshalls and the locksmith LOL.
I got some crazy stories man. One time I went into a house and heard a scampering noise. I'm a dog owner so I know hte sound of paws on wooden floor and I got the hell out of there just as a big *** pitbull charged at me. The drug dealers that occupied the house had cut out the dog's larynx so when he barked, no sound came out. They were going to shoot the dog but I managed to stall them and convince the Marshall to call ASPCA.
Another time we went into a house we were sure was empty and on the top floor, I see a guy slumped over with a needle in his arm. In his other arm? A glock. Thank god he shot up before we got there otherwise **** would've gotten crazy.
I evicted a couple of whorehouses, but no hookers. Just poles, thongs, dildos and Hennessy bottles.
Sure beats the hell out of being an accountant.
With no offense to anyone who is an accountant, I too thought it beat an office job all to hell.
Interesting note: I must have went to hundreds(maybe thousands ?) of houses to rekey the locks after the spouse/lover/roommate left. It was ALWAYS the woman calling to make sure the guy didn't come back; Never the guy the other way around.
Interesting story(short) I was called by woman to change her locks ; she kicked her boyfriend out and was afraid he's come back. Only she tells me he is a locksmith!
I tell her honestly, what's the point of changing the locks. He can just pick his way in if he wants to. She had me do them anyway just to feel better. (She would have been better off paying for high security locks like medeco which are Extremely hard to pick even for a good locksmith and getting a restraining order. Oh well...)