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Matt Shields Do You Provide Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
8 January 2018 | 33 replies

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...

Sara Abernethy Interrelated smoke alarms - are they necessary?
9 July 2020 | 6 replies

I'm doing a knob & tube re-wire because after years of handymen messing with it, I want to make the house safe for my tenants. I'm getting quotes now, and the electricians have been suggesting interrelated smoke 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...

Isaac Antoine Preventative Maintenance Checklist & Inspection Letter
11 October 2018 | 7 replies

Good afternoon fellow investors,

I would like to schedule a quarterly preventative maintenance inspection for one of my rental properties. The inspection would Include a through search for damages & red flags th...

Stephen Neto Smoke Alarms keep going off
20 September 2022 | 5 replies

I have hard wired smokes in my 3 family. 3 in the front hall and 3 in the rear. Just replaced all smokes with new batteries.  Got text @ 615am that smokes are going off. This happened 2 days in a row. Not sure if its ...

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...

Billy Rowe "Must haves"
18 December 2013 | 4 replies

Are there any "must have" items in your home before you rent them out? Not so much must haves for looks, i'm talking more safety products like CO detectors, fire extinguishers? Any thoughts?

Samantha Soto Best Smoke and CO detectors, and where to buy?
22 January 2018 | 3 replies

I'm getting way too caught up on the details here I'm sure.  I didn't imagine choosing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors would be so hard!  I wanted to get dual detectors that have sealed 10 year batteries, and also...

Zach Schwarzmiller Smoke Detectors without batteries (wired) - is this okay?
16 September 2015 | 5 replies

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...

Manuel Sarabia What happens if my apt building burns down and someone dies. How screwed am I?
28 August 2014 | 18 replies

Just saw on the news that a nearby apt from mine burned down and resulted in one death. Sucks for all parties involved but now its got me thinking it could happen to me. I have the place insured but something tells me...