All winter long our streets and restaurants are filled with snow birds. . .folks from Canada and the cold weather sections of the US.  

At least where I am the market is slower in the winter meaning you might be able to get better deals.

Now he has turned the unit on for the first time after the winter and it is no longer working again.

The realtor who showed me the place said it was because the home's been winterized and electric is off, therefore the sump pump has been off. 

I give all my new tenants the same speech which includes the fact that loss of heat in the winter on a weekend is an emergency but loss of A/C in the summer is not.With that said, 5 days seems like a long time. 

Had renters actually had to pay for their own consumption, they would really think twice about keeping the window open during freezing winters and adjusting their thermostat.Many have a sense that if the Landlord is paying for a service, it's ok to waste it.Another issue not really addressed in the article is that rent regulated apts include tenant protections even when the tenant had done something criminal.

Ditto what @Marc Winter wrote.

Call Corey Winter at Meritrust. 

No just letting everything sit for the winter now  

Thanks so much, Kevin S. and Marc Winter.