Ceiling fans on remote or wall switch control

[JD Barrera]

Just wondering if anyone has experience with having ceiling fans that operation on a remote control (with a master wall switch) in any of their rentals. Interested in knowing if you get calls about remote not working, breaking, or lost. Seems like a nice convince but maybe not worth the potential phone calls. 

The reason I ask is, I'm going to install updated fans in my primary residence which one day, will be a rental property. I'm trying to take an investors approach to the updates I'm completing. 

Thanks!

[Christopher Gilbert]

I stopped putting ceiling fans in my rentals altogether.  They are one of the higher maintenance items and seem to only last a few years before being loud, wobbly or needing replacement.  If the tenant wants a fan they can buy a floor model and take it with them when they leave.  Put in a decent quality three or four bulb light in larger rooms and two bulb in smaller office/bedrooms.

Think about the math, if you have 10 rentals with ceiling fans in all the living rooms and bedrooms.  That's possibly 40 fans you have to maintain and the chances of several a year needing replacement are very high.  If you like to have a ceiling fan in your house get whatever you want and take it down when you convert it to a rental.