Does anyone know pros and cons of using keypads for tenants versus traditional key? Thank you

As we come into fall, I was thinking about the next 2 rehabs we are starting that will include new furnaces, and I just had a Boiler installed at another property. The advice from the HVAC Guy that put the boiler in, ...

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 ...

The Fed might be shut down, but the local beaurocrats keep coming up with new laws:

As of January 1, 2014, owners are required to ensure that all residential rental units have operable smoke alarms installed...

@ 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...

I recently attended a landlord training put on by the city of Cincinnati.  I found out the proper code for smoke alarms is inside each bedroom, within 5 feet on the outside of each bedroom, kitchen, laundry room, and ...

Very interesting article. Hopefully a lesson to all the landlords here ...

Criminal Charges Sought Against Landlord for Lack of Smoke Alarms

Does anyone know if I can create a clause in my nonstandard rental provision to assign responsibility of changing the batteries in the smoke detector to the tenant? 

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...

Smoke Detectors - what brand and model the most trouble free?In today's requirements, you can easily have to put in a LOT of smoke and co2 detectors. Having them go off or fail sooner than anticipated means a LOT of m...