1) Emergencies: we trust our handymen or contractors to be fair & quick to avoid tenants withholding rent, tickets and lawsuits.2) Well-known Item Prices: we've pretty much standarized prices for many common items like smoke detectors, blinds, screens, doors, locks, faucet replacements, etc.

Use a bulletproof lease, rules&regulations, lead notice, smoke/CO detector notice, non-standard rental provisions to clearly regulate the rest4.)

Do you have any sort of water leak detectors in your properties?

., staircase or fire escape), fire safety (smoke/CO detectors, fire-rated walls), and independent utilities (heat, electricity, water).

Before closing, I negotiated installation of a whole home arsenic filtration system, replacement of the water heater, hardwiring of the smoke detectors, and some additional smaller repairs.

This has been my experience: "As to the remedy plaintiffs seek, the case law reveals that "the equitable remedy of specific performance is routinely awarded in contract actions involving real property, on the premise that each parcel of real property is unique" (EMF Gen.

I swapped all my smoke detectors out with wired ones with a 10 year lithium battery.  

I never have to chase people down for rent, and the annual inspections are practical and easy.This year (this month, actually) ... install CO detector and upgrade all of the smoke detectors to 10-year-permanent-battery models

- GFCI's, handrails, smoke detectors and other repairs may be required.How equiped are you to advertise your rental, show it to prospects, find a rental application to use, do a background/credit check on applicants, figure out how to screen applicants, find a lease to use, find a handyman for maintenance or do yourself, etc...

"My smoke detector fell off the wall"...I burnt up your stove and snatched detector off wall."