I think what you really want is a website designer/programmer...most VAs typically do more admin-related work, not necessarily design work (although some VAs do a wide variety of tasks).

At this point I was getting tired of racking up a tab to this company and I decided to get a new thermostat to see if that might make a difference.

(You charge less rent because tenant covers utilities.The reality, in my area where we include some, is that you can benefit more by insulating/ control thermostats and implement water conservation, because the market rent is set at a higher nonconserving threshhold.

@Derek Tyler - the key is to find a computer programmer (like a college kid), and have him write some scripts to compile all the data, and then export it into a excel sheet or build a simple tool to analyze the data.Years back I wrote a script for someone that crawled local court cases (via a RSS feed) that were people with homes that were about to be foreclosed on and put them into a excel file - instead of hours of sorting through the data after a few simple clicks what took days could be done in seconds.

Wi-Fi thermostat to keep electric bill down but also ensure guest check into a comfortable room.

For this I'll assume worst case:ARV - $190K(No closing costs for buying- cash deal) Purchase - $157KThat leaves $33KFloor repairs - $5KHVAC repairs (if needed, its old but I don't know if it works) - $4KVarious replacements (window seal, replace thermostat, one or two panels of vinyl siding) - $2KRemaining $22KSales Agent Fee (6% at $190K) $11,400CLosing costs selling - $5KProfit remaining: $5,600I have a friend that has flipped a few homes and he says there doesn't appear to be any unforseeable problems - it seems like we should be able to paint, clean up and do the rest within one month. 

How many programmers do you think they have on that part of the business?

Wall heaters and thermostats for each unit.

I am a computer programmer and I have been developing some of my own tools.

the utilities are seperated, each unit has its own thermostat and meter.