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Samantha Soto Smoking Tenant and Disabled Smoke Detectors
26 December 2017 | 12 replies

We have a duplex under contract right now that we recently had inspected.  Both sides of the duplex have long-term, paying tenants.  I'm not interested in finding new tenants if I don't have to since each unit is well...

Michael Shadow Best prices for wireless smoke detectors
2 January 2008 | 2 replies

I'm looking for the best place to get wireless smoke detectors. If I'm reading the new code information correctly I'm going to have to install them this year to get my housing permit. The best price I have found so ...

Mohan Deep Responsibility for maintaining smoke detector batteries
26 January 2024 | 23 replies

Does anyone know if I can create a clause in my nonstandard rental provision to assign responsibility of changing the batteries in the smoke detector to the tenant? 

Waleep Alvi $1k+ to install 4 smoke detectors?
10 July 2024 | 1 reply

I got a couple quotes to install 4 smoke detectors - $1200 and $750. This seems a lot.. Is this normal? 1 smoke detector costs me ~$50 where I live, so hard to justify the rest as labor.

Account Closed Rogue tenant tampering with smoke detectors
19 June 2022 | 5 replies

I have a tenant who just randomly “fixes” stuff without telling me. For example changed out hard wired smoke detector and messed up the ceiling in the process.  I want to keep better tabs on the situation by doing reg...

Account Closed When are carbon monoxide detectors needed?
18 April 2015 | 15 replies

Those carbon monoxide/smoke detectors seem to be more prone to problems than a plain smoke detector. I had one way high in the loft that kept chirping even when the battery was replaced. Does anyone know when a c...

Andy Sabisch Question on connected smoke detector requirement
26 November 2024 | 1 reply

We had our 3-year township CO inspection today and were told that we need to have smoke / CO detectors that alerted both sixes of a duplex property.  This is a new requirement from the town (which we were not aware of...

James Mc Ree New Section 8 smoke detector requirement
30 September 2024 | 0 replies

I had a SFR Section 8 annual inspection today. The inspector told me there is a new smoke detector requirement for Section 8 homes coming January 1:https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7981...
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Lawrence Smith Help me analyze this deal
23 January 2021 | 9 replies

           I walked the property today and currently am working on getting it put under contract. This is a 6 unit building in Washington, DC, with a current NOI of $53,000. The current owner has only 4/6 units  occup...

Savannah Leigh smoke detector goes off when she cooks
1 July 2013 | 7 replies

i have a recently renovated 2 unit. 2 years since total reno.

new tenant.every time she cooks the alarms go off.

first floor alarm is in living room, not kitchen

she says there's no smoke

could it be sensing so...