
29 May 2011 | 3 replies
How important the A/C is will depend on where your rental property is located and how hot the temps get there and how many months the hot weather lasts.I would just include replacing the filters as a bonus to the tenant.Filters say they last 3 months but really it is not true.This is especially if you have a smoker or a tenant with pets.What happens is air filters should be replaced if the cheap ones about every month to 2 months max.Expensive ones you can go up to 2 months.If you wait 3 as more dirt is attached to the filter it restricts air flow and won't pull in as much dirt.When this happens less air will flow through the vents and the tenant will turn the unit down more and the resistance will make the motor work harder and wear out faster.I was having this happen in my house.A/C unit is 9 years old.When it gets in the high 90's here the A/C unit was getting in the 80's.Has an A/C guy come out.I had the old analog mercury switch A/C thermostat which is off by as much as 5 to 6 degrees sometimes the guy told me.I use the Filtrete Ultra Allergen because we have 5 cats and was replacing filter every 3 months (cost about 17 bucks a filter).The A/C guy explained about air flow and that I need to replace filter every month.The high end filter will catch more particles he said and when you keep them replaced they are fine every month.If you wait the 3 months it will reduce the air flow to much with the dirt it catches.So I replaced the filter and he also checked my free on level which was fine but my coils needed cleaning.He just basically took a hose and cleaned it out after turning power off and before the 100 dollar bill was not sticking to the coil halfway to the bottom.After cleaning the bill was sticking to the coil everywhere.He said it's important that when the heat comes out the coil can cool it properly before it goes back in the house.I bought the electronic thermostat myself for 25 bucks and took out the mercury one.Now with it being 95 outside it is holding at 73 degrees just fine.So I would replace filter every 2 months at the most to preserve the motor and help air flow.On some properties the builder installed too small of duct lines for the air flow and run to the vents anyways so any little air flow restriction will make the unit hard to keep cool in the hot weather.Probably too much info but thought I would share.Hope it helps.

29 June 2011 | 28 replies
In fact right now our occupancy is at 100% on the 8 properties we are currently holding (with paying tenants I might add)Lastly there are a number of great things happening in Pontiac right now:-52 new businesses have gone in downtown with the rise of the Phoenix project-General Motors has a stamping plant and their Powertrain Engineering within the City, and they have their Lake Orion assembly plant within a 10 minute drive.

29 June 2011 | 6 replies
The seller said that space heaters get mounted on the wall and connected to the natural gas.

9 August 2011 | 23 replies
Why can't you just drill a new hole in the next cinder block over and cover up the other hole to mount the vent??

22 July 2011 | 4 replies
Okay so in my apartments I tell the previous owner (I recently just bought them) that I plan on going in once a month and changing the air filter.This way the units can be inspected some and also I know the power bill won't be as high for the tenant and the low air flow won't burn out the fan motors faster.The seller mentioned to me that I should also check the toilets as well.The seller stated that tenants like to put those chlorox bleach tablets in the toilets and it eats up the flapper valves.This causes a water leak and runs up the water bill for the landlord.Here the water is included in the total rent payment each month.So should I ban the chlorine tablets from the toilets or should I just replace the flappers all at once??

31 July 2011 | 7 replies
Televisions mounted to the wall have also been declared as fixtures, and must stay, unless specifically excluded in the contract.Though generally not considered fixtures, vanity mirrors are something that I would expect to stay.

25 June 2020 | 10 replies
It's the ring placement for the toilet to mount.

8 August 2011 | 37 replies
They continued to rate CDOs as AAA well into 2008 when the defaults on subprime mortgages were mounting and some of the first CDOs issued went bad.

10 August 2012 | 23 replies
UPDATE:so the tenant moved out as he said he would, on the 31st of August. he left everything a mess. i was dumbfounded, i let him know how displeased i was with the condition he left it. his reply was "well this is about normal for me being here as long as i was"..he did not trash the home it was just very very very dirty...carpet survived incredibly well for what the rest of the home looked like. also he took it upon himself to have verizon fios installed, not normally a problem except he had them mount the fios box in my laundry room !

15 August 2011 | 3 replies
If so, I would think there would be some tax implications to them that they probably wouldn't want to deal with.The other option is to get a motor vehicle finance license and just loan money on mobile homes.