This afternoon I also asked the contractor if he had any ideas and whether space heaters would be feasible, and he said each bedroom is already wired and equipped to take its own air conditioner in the summertime and can take its own electric heater in the winter and recommended electric base board heaters.

I've had banks fix air conditioners, roof shingles, etc.

No the circuit breaker cannot handle two air conditioners and a blow dryer... 

We currently have a *water conditioner" instead of a softener so we can't just use the red-out salt, which works in my area.Anyway, I'd like a basically maintenance free type filter and there seems to be several kinds.  

I am willing to offer water and most electricity at no extra charge, but I'd like to put something in the lease that requires payment towards oil and air conditioner usage over a certain point. 

We just acquired a property in suburban Portland OR where almost half the tenants had bought and installed window air conditioners (with various amounts of skill).

I am considering replacing a split system air conditioner/furnace in a 1000 sq. ft. 3/1 rental home with a new 2 ton AC unit and a 70k BTU gas furnace.

Its going to be a simple buy and hold.One partner has an extra air conditioner that he is donating, the other is a firefighter who wants to spend time working on an investment.

I have seen Chinese drywall destroy some air conditioners, quickly.  

:mrgreen: According to my maintenance guy they are going to get a new air conditioner this summer, because he feels that my current unit is about to die.