Should We Install Central Heat & Air?

[Brandon G.]

We are buying a property in a C neighborhood in Garland, TX where most of the houses do not have central heating and air. However, of the 3 houses for rent in the area, 2 of them had central ac. Our property has only window units and gas heater with floor vents. 

So I am wondering if we should consider installing central ac in our rent property. How much more rent income should we expect to get if we did install one? 

One thing to note is we are considering section 8 as an option. I was told that window units may not qualify for their standards. Is this true?

[Tariq B.]

With my Section 8 properties I try to keep them as hardened as possible. This means adding as little as moving parts as possible. If I acquire the properties with parts I will keep them but I rarely add anything that I can see myself getting a call to fix. With that said I don't even have A/C in some of my units, but that may be unbearable for someone in Texas. You can use window units for section 8, I will note A/C is not required only heating.