Some of those things are minor and if I was paying for electricity, I'd just fix them-weather stripping and smoke alarms. 

That was an alarm bell for me, knowing that most houses that were 1,500 sq ft had 3 bedrooms.

The tenant wasn't going to do much about it except soak up the water with bath towels (inadequate), until the water reached one of our water alarms near the water heater and the tenant called us because it was late at night and he couldn't stand the noise.

I have a rental property in Independence that needs some rehab work (mainly cosmetics, flooring, painting, alarm system) to get it in marketable/rentable condition. 

I once owned an alarm company holy cow..

I would listen to lots of podcasts on wholesaling but realize targets like 70% of ARV minus repairs are very hard to hit here and some buyers will give you 80%Read Jason Buzi's book Smash your Alarm Clock" he has an interesting take on our market and targeting higher end areas.Deals are hard to come by so a lot of flippers do their own mailings.

I found this out after entering the tenant’s apartment (which I thought was unoccupied) and activating her security system alarm.

Combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm with voice alert. 

Are you using an alarm system?

  In need of a month to month security  system for SFR investment properties in Dallas Texas. Please advice !