All Forum Posts by: David Dachtera

We only put limits of 66-68 in FL, people walk in, drop it to 50 degrees thinking it will cool the unit quicker and end up freezing the unit.  I have had to lecture some owners who set the AC limit to seemingly reasonable 72-74 but have gotten us complaints.

We put in an offer a few weeks ago for a property in Kenosha, Wisconsin that has turned out to need a lot of work and the sellers aren’t in agreement to fix majority of it. Long story short, the electrical is a big issue. we sent an addendum and they responded with fixing some of electrical but not in a way that made sense, so we denied it. The NEXT day, they had an electrician work on the house performing those tasks that we didn’t agree to. Would this be a way to back out of our contract to get our earnest money back? My real estate agent is saying no but when I look online, it states otherwise and I have no further knowledge to back it up. Any advice is appreciated.

I've brokered over 325 DSCR loans. I can help with the refinance to pull equity out, but no the purchase, as 99% of the industry won't finance mobile homes.

I am a new landlord and need to replace the only shower in our rental property, which will take 3 days to complete. The tenants will be staying at the premises for the duration of the repair and expect compensation for the inconvenience/impact. We offered them 25% rent reduction in daily rent throughout the course of the 3 day repair, but they have countered with expecting a full days rent reduced for each day. What are we legally required to prorate/deduct in rent considering it is their only shower and will not have one for 3 days? Thank you! 

A) What most people don't know/recall is that the AC equipment will cool the air it receives by approx 20d. So it is not continually cooling the same outside air, but rather, it takes the recently cooled indoor air and  recycles it through the return air vents and cools it again. So for example, the unit takes outdoor air of 110 and cools it to 90. Then it (gradually) cools it again and again. That is how AC can make a house 76d when it is 116d outside.

B) Yes, when the average global climate temps rise, it will be more difficult to cool the average home....and conversely, when the global temps drop (which they do in a cyclic manner over the millenia) future AC systems will have an easier time of it :-)