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Brad McGuirk Smoke Detector Placement and Wiring in an up-down Duplex
13 May 2018 | 4 replies

I am currently rewiring a duplex I just bought and wanted some feedback on this:

I'm putting smoke detectors in each unit, should they all be connected? Or should each unit have it's own circuit?

If there are all on...

Lakshay G. Does seller need to replace old smoke detectors before selling
12 July 2018 | 3 replies

Hello,I am purchasing a house located in Harford County in Maryland as a primary residence. The house is 14 years old and it still has original smoke detectors. The funny part (not really actually) is that the house h...

Bruce P. Good smoke detector for a house to replace First Alert
21 July 2020 | 3 replies

Hi, so the house my friend has been living in in Los Angeles area has a First Alert P1210 smoke/fire alarm that started chirping in the middle of the night. It's supposed to be one of these 10 year battery life type a...

Paul Winka Have you had to hard wire your smoke & monoxide detectors?
12 November 2016 | 17 replies

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...

Maura O'Connor Is there a good cigarette smoke detector with WiFi or memory?
25 October 2022 | 16 replies

I would appreciate any recommendation for a cigarette smoke detector that either can be checked remotely by WiFi or that has a memory function.  I have a tenant in one of my units in a nonsmoking building who is smoki...

Ann Bellamy Investor loses father and step-mother to carbon monoxide - check and replace your CO detectors
14 December 2014 | 7 replies

A few days ago, I received an email from a real estate investor in my network.  He recently flew to Italy to cope with the carbon monoxide poisoning of his dad and step mother while they were vacationing there.  His ...

Dyanne C. Investing in another city/state
16 July 2015 | 21 replies

I am interested in hearing from others how they started to invest in other cities/states. Who does your walk through? Do you have to hop on a plane for every closing? It seems like something that would be very difficu...

Nicholas Aiola Ask me (a CPA) anything about taxes relating to real estate
27 February 2024 | 2053 replies

Hey, guys!I've been on BP for about 7 months now and I have quickly learned two things:There is no better place than BP to talk real estateThe wealth of information on BP is immeasurableI've read and learned quite a l...