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Hello We just bought a car wash that was in a foreclosure we received no keys with it needing to get into all of the coin and change devices at the bottom as well as geting into the bill except …. I’m 100% new at this I did fine a few keys In mec room nothing help rn Tia
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The old owner was a well know lawyer in town the ran out from everyone with there money
His name is devoe treadwell read his review on google ….
As of right now I can show our electric bill under our company, real estate name, and the address of this car wash matching, and the business license with the registered agent and anything to do with our real estate company, that would need to be proven once again I am new to this and willing to give you my direct cell phone and any proof you need that I have access to
 

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Hello I just bought a car wash that was in a foreclosure we received no keys with it needing to get into all of the coin and change devices at the bottom as well as geting into the bill except …. I’m 100% new at this I did fine a few keys In mec room nothing help rn Tia
Hi, we keep tricks to getting in the equipment closely guarded. Since you are a new member others will be hesitant to offer help. For best success Please post better evidence of proof of ownership such as more pictures of your machines you need to get into and the keys you currently have
 

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Hi, we keep tricks to getting in the equipment closely guarded. Since you are a new member others will be hesitant to offer help. For best success Please post better evidence of proof of ownership such as more pictures of your machines you need to get into and the keys you currently have
Correct,
Nobody is gonna help you until you can really prove you own the place.
 

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At least the place has character.
 

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do your homework and find the old owner.

call him/her. introduce yourself and invite them out to lunch~your treat.

during the lunch, mention you have no keys. It's likely he has them. maybe he is kind and offers them to you. if not, offer him some money for them. $500 wouldn't be out of line, especially considering the time, effort and expense of re-keying everything.
 

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Hello I just bought a car wash that was in a foreclosure we received no keys with it needing to get into all of the coin and change devices at the bottom as well as geting into the bill except …. I’m 100% new at this I did fine a few keys In mec room nothing help rn Tia
Prove to me that you are actually the owner and I’ll help get your locks open and don’t post that information on the Forum. Send me a PM. This is guarded information.
 

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Kinda odd to post a pic like that. Looks like you’re casing the place
 

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I would agree with all of the above, seems very fishy. I would say more proof than pics of keys....Contacting former owner makes the best sense.
 

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Hi, we keep tricks to getting in the equipment closely guarded. Since you are a new member others will be hesitant to offer help. For best success Please post better evidence of proof of ownership such as more pictures of your machines you need to get into and the keys you currently have
I also have our electric bill and business license for our real estate company… and pic of dl of listied agent of business
 

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Prove to me that you are actually the owner and I’ll help get your locks open and don’t post that information on the Forum. Send me a PM. This is guarded information.
Sent you a dm I’m willing to show any proof I have
 

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Drill them all out get new keys. You’ll want to anyways being a foreclosure. God knows who all has the keys.
 

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Honestly, we just hired a locksmith I took care of all the padlocks stuff I knew I can do, but I didn’t wanna break anything so we just bit the cost hoping to be open middle of February got a service tech coming out towards the end of the month
 

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The photos look like its cold there! For your sake, I hope the Equipment Room was heated, winterized, and water shut off otherwise you're going to have a lot of damage?
 

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Honestly, we just hired a locksmith I took care of all the padlocks stuff I knew I can do, but I didn’t wanna break anything so we just bit the cost hoping to be open middle of February got a service tech coming out towards the end of the month
With Randy's advice you could probably get it done faster than the locksmith will.
 

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Yes, I've talked to a couple locksmiths and they did not know how to get into them easily.
Agreed. As soon as someone mentions drill bits, we know that they don't know how. One of the techs for my former distributor, (who had drilled out numerous locks during his tenure there), called me and asked how I got into them so quickly.
 
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