I have a tenant who is generally a great guy, except that he won't keep the yard clean of cigarette butts or dog waste.

Egress is a big one, as are smoke detectors, and fire rated materials between units (floors).

Depending on the town/city and the property use, you might have to have things like certifications for smoke detectors, CO2 detectors, and fire extinguishers.

The Tenant now has the resolve to fall down the stairs and test exactly how strong your lease and insurance is when they claim the landlord's at fault, or disable the fire alarms claiming they haven't worked in months and you did nothing about it, regardless of what your lease says as to who is responsible for maintaining them, god forbid they start an 'accidental' fire and now your insurer is looking to you as to why the smoke alarm was disconnected not wanting to pay out; you may get some of your $ back out after countless court sessions, time wasted and $$$$ for your lawyers to justify it all for you and set it straight, completely cutting hard into whatever investment strategy you may have had. 4 - Just because you put it in a lease, review it with them, have them sign it, have them take a picture with it, get their DNA on it... does NOT make it legal.

I just recently got a text message from my lender stating that we needed to do another appraisal because there was weren't double straps on the water heater and no smoke detectors.

Replace all smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors?

Until you have restored utilities I would not let tenants back into LIVE in the apartments,, no plumbing,, that's gonna be a big Poop problem, and NO electric,, is gonna be a safety hazard and issue,, no smoke detectors..

This goes for smoking as well!

And I would want it at a pretty smoking deal to do that.

She would get drunk, makes a lot of noises, smokes indoor and claimed that she lives in the building.