Hi all,I want to share a story about the importance of having working carbon monoxide and smoke/heat detectors in your rentals. A friend of mine has a single family rental occupied by a mother and three children. He r...

I can't seem to find any discussions about smart smoke / CO detectors. I have a tri-plex with interconnected "dumb" Kidde smoke/CO detectors that are at the end of their life. By law, they have to be replaced with a n...

Hello, I am currently rehabbing a house and eventually doing a short term rental with the house.  The issue is that we had a worker leave an open faucet overnight and now we are concerned about possible issues with hi...

I'm a Michigan landlord who resides in a two-story, side-by-side duplex (3-bed each) and has the other side rented. It's been a long time since I've been very active in the RE world. If I understand the laws correctly...

I amlooking for help and required smoke detectors and CO2 detectors. Local code enforcement guy is new and I am getting conflicting information. I am in the Youngstown,Ohio area. Do I need smoke detectors and CO detec...

Hello!  One of my rentals has 11-foot-high ceilings in all the rooms except the kitchen, and a new handyman told me yesterday the smoke detectors are in the wrong location.  I have  6 smoke alarms on the main floor an...

My insurance carrier does inspections on my properties which is fine. For one property they sent me a letter with two items to fix within 3 weeks. The one was to cover an open junction box near a heater. That seems li...

my property is 1076 sq ft 3bd/1ba  in la county No rent control.  How many smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are required by law in the property? 

I have been remodeling a triplex. The middle unit has smoke detectors without batteries. There were batteries installed in them, but they were just against plastic, there is no connection to the battery. They were all...

Hey guys, longtime lurker, just here for some real estate advice from the hive mind....I’ve got an over/under duplex that shares a boiler and waterheater, split electric.The furnace and water heater are both gas, loca...