Rentals sit empty between tenants. The Census Bureau put the national rental vacancy rate at 7.3% in the second quarter of 2026, and the National Apartment Association says many management companies plan on about seven working days to turn a unit, often fewer. That short window still leaves a unit empty overnight, with keys out to cleaners, painters and prospective tenants.
An example
This is an illustration, not a customer story.
A landlord owns six single-family rentals. One tenant moves out at the end of the month. The house needs paint, a carpet cleaning and a new garbage disposal, and the landlord wants to show it while the work is going on.
Move-out day. After the walk-through, the landlord confirms the house is empty, takes the tenant’s keys back and photographs every room.
Lock up. The landlord takes out the front-door deadbolt, bags its parts, installs the InvinciBolt Lock following the install video, and locks it from outside. Every other door still opens from inside.
Work week. The painter and the carpet cleaner pick up the key from the landlord’s lockbox. Whoever arrives first unlocks the InvinciBolt Lock and holds the key while anyone is working. The last one out checks that the house is empty, relocks it and returns the key to the lockbox.
Showings. The listing’s showing instructions tell agents and applicants to unlock it first, keep the key while inside, and walk the whole house to confirm it is empty before relocking.
Move-in. The day before the new tenant moves in, the landlord removes the InvinciBolt Lock, patches the frame, puts the original deadbolt back (rekeyed) and keeps the lock for the next turnover.
Turnover checklist
Confirm the unit is empty and every key from the last tenant is back.
Before move-in, take the InvinciBolt Lock off and restore a deadbolt that opens from inside: Taking the Lock Off.
Never a lockout tool
The InvinciBolt Lock goes on only after a tenancy has ended and the unit is empty.
Using it to keep a tenant or anyone with a right to be there out of their home is never allowed under our Safe Use and Property Access rules.
Many states’ laws prohibit landlord lockouts.
Kentucky is one example. Its Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies where a city or county has adopted it; a 2018 state legislative note listed Louisville/Jefferson County and Lexington/Fayette County among them. The Act gives tenants remedies against a landlord who unlawfully removes or excludes them (KRS 383.655), and bars a landlord from taking possession except as the Act allows (KRS 383.690).
The rules where your property is may differ; follow your state and local law and the eviction process.
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