Want to know who has been in your house? The Honolulu Board of Realtors ® will be implementing the SentriLock Electronic LockBox system this September. The state-of-the-art SentriLock enables accountability to clients and offers numerous advantages over the manual lockboxes that are set manually and rarely changed, creating a security issue. While the Board cannot mandate that all licensed realtors purchase and use the boxes, I am happy to be providing this service to my clients.

The SentriLock Company is majority-owned by the National Association of REALTORS® and REALTORS® sit on the Board of Directors and set its direction. Some of the features of the system include the following:

· The LockBox records every time the key compartment is opened and holds a total history of 70 accesses at any given time. The owner can download all history from a box by using a SentriLock Card that utilizes an embedded chip and requires a personal pin number. If box is left open while showing is conducted, box will record length of time the box was left open.

· The Agent can log onto an online SentriLock System website and view access reports showing who accessed their listing and the time. If a SentriLockCard was used, it will show the name, the name of company, contact phone number and email address.

· Agents can set “Call Before Showing” access on their boxes, this will require all showing agents (with or without a SentriLock card) to request this CBS code.

· Contractor Code – agents can provide contractors with a code that has no limit in time access to your lockbox or you can program a time duration that this code can be used.

· If the agent is unavailable when an interested buyer wants to see the home, the buyer's agent would be granted access to the residence via the lockbox. Outside vendors also could have access to the lockbox.

Want to read more about it? See http://www.hicentral.com/pdfs/Article-REProfessional-MarApr08.pdf.