This owner found a free lease template online that provided very little landlord protections. 

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

Using money from an appreciating asset just to pay your landlord doesn't seem like a good flow of money.

Forget trying to walk them through a simple repair over the phone, to avoid sending a ServiceTech and saving an owner money.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

My tenants just notified me that their unit got broken into and money was stolen.

For me, it has to be a data-driven decision: what is your current NOI, what would be if you replaced the boiler, how much will it cost, and how long will it take to get your money back...If the area and marketing don't warrant central air, I would NOT do conensors right away and just focus on the forced air.

Because of the additional income I am producing through the consulting business, I am afforded the opportunity to invest money in real estate.  

Thus more time, money and risk.  3. 

Generally the thing that keeps commercial/industrial investors afloat is access to large sums of money to survive a downturn.It sounds more like this property is an outlier in your wheelhouse and portfoliio.