You're implying that emergencies never happen.

Sending them a 1099 implies you are forgiving the debt.

You bring up a good point though that it's important to be careful what you call it, since a deposit implies it's refundable whereas a fee is usually not. 

My properties are on the other side of town so I try not to imply that I will be there but I do parcel out the work and expect to be notified by the tenant when the work has been completed. 

I also didn't mean to imply that you need one for each bedroom, if one is installed in the vicinity of multiple bedrooms it should be code compliant.Is the hard wire requirement a local code?

She seems to be implying that the landlord is not declaring rental income, which is certainly none of her business.

(unless that's not what you were implying...maybe I'm misreading the title).

Also, multi-family does not necessarily imply there are utility bills to pay.We have a triplex in NYC where we pay gas (heat), water/sewer, and common area lights, another triplex where we pay only water (gas is metered per unit with separate boilers), and 5 duplexes in NC where we pay no utilities at all (Everything is metered for the individual unit)

Landlord makes no express or implied warranties as to the Property's condition.- Please list in the application any applicant request for landlord to consider regarding repairs or treatments should applicant and landlord enter into a lease.

There are bed bug detection services that use a trainer and a dog to sniff for the presence of bed bugs.