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Very interesting article. Hopefully a lesson to all the landlords here ...
Criminal Charges Sought Against Landlord for Lack of Smoke Alarms
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During a walk-through of my property today, my contractor says that my 1966-built single family with basement will need hard-wired detectors: Plain old smoke detectors in bedroom, and combo smoke/monoxide detectors ne...
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I asked some Q&A to a sales rep, and it seems like a pretty good system for me considering it doesn't require wifi or a lan line. I generally just need something that i can have, once i drop my appliances in and h...
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I've been doing my research, but there are so many options it's difficult to decide. I haven't seen a lot of posts about tools, but i thought I'd give it a shot. Does anyone have experience with different types: conve...
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I'm house hacking a duplex. The other side is in transition between tenants. It will be unoccupied for a month but the next tenants are lined up and under lease. I've read some other advice regarding keeping the power...
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We just spent 10 days doing our typical "Spring upkeep"
We sanded down solid wood kitchen cabinets, primed and painted them.
Had a bulb burned out under the microwave.
Fixed some screens on the screened back porch....
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I'm tired of changing out my keys or rekeying. I'm considering going keyless and changing all my deadbolts (each one is roughly $55). A concern would be that the batteries would be dead forcing my tenants to be loc...
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Hello Everyone - I am primarily a buy-rehab-hold for cash flow investor but I do 1 or 2 flips a year as well. Often I am juggling multiple projects at the same time. Fortunately I have never had a break in or theft ...
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Am I doing something wrong or does everyone pay $100+ per SFH rental on Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
1 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #11 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #21 Smoke Detector, Bedroom #31 Smoke & Carbo...
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Hello - I have a 3 family rental house and I acquired a Kaba e-plex lock which is a commercial quality pushbutton lock with lots of codes, long battery life, etc. My question is to landlords who have installed elect...