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Mike Russo
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  • Batavia, IL
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The importance of a Carbon Monoxide Detector

Mike Russo
  • Investor
  • Batavia, IL
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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 received a text from her that the carbon monoxide (co) detector alarm was sounding and that she was calling the fire dept. When the fire dept. arrived, they measured the co levels and found them to be very high. The cause was an older faulty oven. Had it not been for the detector, the results might have been deadly. Co, unlike natural gas is odorless which makes it undetectable by smell. Carbon monoxide detectors are code in many cities. Be sure to protect your renters and yourself.

Mike

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