Also consider your lifestyle and if you want to be traveling 3 days just to check to see if a water heater is installed correctly and your property manager is looking after your property.

The type of heater installed is a baseboard heater, which heats up slowly and is designed to run consistently for optimal performance.

If you're on city water, they may or may not install another meter. 

We went all in on renovations—tore down a chimney to open up the space, put on a new roof, installed HVAC, updated floors, and completely redid the kitchen.

I'm actually interviewing PMs and CO Hosts this week, and Handyman for installation of all the furnishings set to show up at the property in January. 

He received quotes to remove the texture ceiling, paint the interior, purchase and install new kitchen cabinets and counters (including completing the design), picked out 2 floorings to get quotes which will be provided this week, and determined furnace is beyond saving (I will likely get HVAC quote for him).  

There's really just not a heavy demand for DIY home buying, which is essentially what all of this comes down to - cutting the fees and services offered to buyers and sellers in the hope of capturing market share from traditional agencies.

I am looking to rent out a single property in the next 6 months and wanted to get recommendations on a property management software for small time DIY. 

If you’re still concerned, you could consider installing programmable thermostats or low-flow fixtures to help control costs without relying entirely on tenant behavior. 

I thought  @Elliot B. was talking about installing meters on the supply and return pipes for each unit and measuring BTUs there.