My question is whether or not forms like a pet addendum, rental application, carbon monoxide/smoke detector acknowledgement etc. are state specific - I know the residential lease is subject to certain state regulations and will be asking an attorney about it.

The inspection will fail for serious items like dead battery in a smoke detector or trivial items like missing 1 screw on a outlet or switch cover plate.Faill the inspection and they will advise the tenant to move out!

How many agents are really doing transactions----not just going through the motions.

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Eventually after drilling down through Maryland laws I do not see any mention of the dual powered smoke detectors requirements.So I figured that BP might help me.Thanks a lot !!!

@Darwin Liu now that you have it in motion I would start looking at properties.

We take our documents to our attorney who specializes in landlord-tenant law.)Attorney Fee: $500 (flat fee for members of the Clark County Rental Association, includes everything from paperwork to court representation)Filing Fee: $197 (with the Clark County Superior Court)Service Fee: $40 (process server hand delivers package of five court orders to tenant:  Complaint for Unlawful Detainer, Motion and Declaration for Order to Show Cause, Order to Show Cause-Unlawful Detainer, Eviction Summons, Payment or Sworn Statement Requirement)Court: Fees covered by filing fee...our attorney and our tenant appear before the judge, resulting in a judgement in our favor, court issues: Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Writ of Restitution)Writ Fee: $20 (Sheriff delivers/posts the writ of restitution and also written instructions for the tenant to follow outlined in layman's terms).Sheriff Fee: $85 (Sheriff is at property for one hour while we empty the apartment).

it would make it much easier and I could offer on multiple properties in a much smaller amount of time. this way i wouldnt have to sit down with the sellers agent and go through the motions since my offers I anticipate will be more of a numbers game (allot of offers before one lands)

As for smoke alarms, be sure to look at the fine print, many municipalities require hard wired smoke detectors in every room so it's not as easy as getting battery operated ones.

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