Bonus - listen to his podcasts (which it sounds like you already have) and then read the Modules, the accent makes it that much better.Ben has answered all of my (dumb & kinda smart) questions, he is not condescending and really cares about your success as an investor.

In most cases it's the landlords, but there are items where the landlord and tenant may discuss and designate who wants to do it such as smoke alarm batteries, light bulbs, pest control, refrigerator water dispenser filters etc etc etc...Usually, if the landlord provided the appliance, the landlord is responsible for it's maintenance. 

When I went down till then there was no water and I just realized that sump pump in corner wouldn’t run without electricity and there was no battery but I assumed that electricity will be back and it will be fine but within half an hour before I left basement water started overflowing from sump pump.

I am looking for 3-4 duplex modulers and one fourplex. 

One municipality requires both hard wired and battery operated CO and Smoke detectors in every dwelling be it SFH or Multi.This is why it is best to work with people that know the local markets.

We use RentManager, which is quite good and has a really good accounting module. 

My channel manager has 2 AAA batteries. 

The Illinois Rental Property Owners Association is opposed to this unnecessary legislation.Here are the reasons why: The type of battery in a smoke detector does not make the detector work betterPeople remove batteries when the detector goes off while cooking.

They use 9 volt batteries with a battery life of 3 years, so I change the batteries every 1-2 years. 

I get the sealed battery 10 year life detector.