Do you change HVAC filters in your rental?

[Therese V.]

Do you change HVAC filters in your rental? A local property manager said to let tenants be responsible for that because it effects their own energy bill each month. I hesitate to agree because I wouldn't want them somehow accidentally messing something up, or just not changing it. What do you do, why or why not?

On a related note, do you clean air ducts? How often?

[J Scott]

Changing the filters yourself (or having someone on your team do it) gives you an excuse to visit the property (and see the interior) at least once per quarter. That alone is reason to do it...