If you are stuck with it now and pay for heat definitely get some up to date thermostats that limit thier upper temperature.

When the temperatures drop, it is a good idea to keep these cabinet doors open so that the heat from the rest of the house can keep the pipes warm as well.

However, pleasure understand by ticking no, you will have to put up with a outdated HVAC system which may not give you the temperatures you desire.

The new owner used to be a welding inspector, a contractor, just like all my tenants. 

Do you know what temperature the tenants have the heat at?

All the fuel delivery companies want to set you up on a delivery schedule based on your tank size, efficiency rating, and temperature days. 

@Lamont MarableIf you have $100,000 house that's temperature set on the water that might be workable is the payouts are in town and you could do a 3 to 5 year lease optionRenting it out or doing a short sale are the only options right nowRule of thumb is don't get involved with underwater house is more than 10% of fair market value, and it better be in great condition in a good locationMost of the houses that are this much underwater have some kind of second mortgage or home-equity loan that they used to pay off credit card debt

You can get a battery operated monitoring device to log the actual temperature in an area over a 24 hour period to verify you are providing adequate heating.

You can also have your maintenance guy go turn the temperature all the way down in the fridge or do that yourself.

I want to know about plumbing problems, but she calls me about things like the temperature of the water during different cycles in the coin washing machine, or another tenant putting her garbage can infront of her garage door, or that her gas bill seems high and I had to explain to her that it is not just the gas stove, but also her water heater.