Ed O.
Smoke detector tip for ALL landlords
@ the conference, I disucussed with a few landlords my ans to convert all smoke detectors over to the ones with a 10 year battery. I didn't realize how rock bottom cheap they are. Any landlord with a little experience...
James Mc Ree
New Section 8 smoke detector requirement
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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Matt Shields
Do You Provide Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
Here in Arizona, we had four members of a family killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heater in a cabin near Flagstaff. Do you provide CO detectors for your rentals?Family of 4 found dead in cabin from po...
Marisa Alvarez
Tenant taking smoke alarms off
3 bedroom house with 5 kids. Went for an inspection, smoke alarms were off including the bedroom ones. Tenant says it because when she cooks all the smoke alarms 🚨 in the house 🏡 go off.Of course I want her to put the...
Rich Schroeder
this is why I collect rent in person...
went to pick up rent early in the month. I did my normal inspection of the house, including an inspection of the basement. As soon as I opened the basement door I smelled something unusual. Turns out the PVC on the di...
Mary Chen
Smoke detector and carbon monoxide requirements in hawaii
Trying to find without calling first but will probably call county office to confirm but does anyone know what are the smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements for a home built in the late 70s in all i...
Igor Tomic
Landlord Faces Charges In Fatal Fire
The owner of a duplex is facing a number of charges following a fatal fire over the weekend.Under the fire code the landlord is facing two charges for not having proper smoke detectors and two charges for failing to h...
Jimmy Watson
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
As I was out shopping today for my current project in Dallas, I got a call from my sister telling me that her and my mom were being taken to the hospital due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The average reading insid...
Max James
Why don't you put CO Detectors in your buildings?
I have equipped my buildings with CO detectors here in Ohio. After brushing up my leases and thinking more about I am wondering if this puts me liable if there were to be a CO leak and it were due to detector malfunc...
Aref Shehadeh
Fire alarm need to be hardwired?
Rewiring most of a house I'm flipping due to it containing knob & tube. Taking down a load-bearing wall and redoing some of the ceiling on the first floor. The house was built in 1930. Fire code states if a house ...