I even heard of a tenant in a similar situation, complained to the landlord who did nothing, and got himself a portable unit.

The options include putting them up in a hotel until the problem is fixed, picking up a portable AC at Lowes (about $400 which covers about 500 sq ft), so it cools the size of a bedroom or a livingroom but won't cool the whole house, or an emergency visit by an AC company.

Typically, in my area, if you aren't willing to 'get creative' you simply won't get inside 70-80% of the 'good deals' before they go off market.Hour one: Listing hits MLSHour two: First person goes in legally and puts the key back in the boxHour 2.5: Second person goes in and DOESN'T put the key back in the boxHour 2.8: Third person breaks the door downHour 3: Fourth person breaks another door down and then uses spare lumber and a cordless drill to seal the house up (Conveniently rounding off the screw heads)Hour 3.2: Fifth person drives off in a huffHour 3.4: Sixth person breaks the screwed-together door down with a 10lb sledge and a flat bar, bolt cutters, portable grinding wheel, or what have you.Hour 4: House is under contractDay 3: Another key gets put in the lockbox, but by now the 5th guy who wanted to play by the rules is already too late since the house has been under contract for 2.5 days.So yeah, it can get frustrating.

If there is no HOA, and the dude is putting a portable basketball hoop on YOUR property, you can simply remove it.

Thanks for the tips on portable printers - that's the last thing I need for my tech arsenal. :)

You can even take a portable copy machine in and they have to let you.

Multis will not be as uniform in construction as SFRs as there are fewer of them and they are often built years apart.Sure multis built by the same builder and/or around the same time could be similar/identical ... so estimates/actuals from one might be portable to another.

.- Install a portable wireless alarm system, such as SimpliSafe mentioned above or one by Fortress Security or LaserShield.

A dealer might be interested and using a portable building if that would be allowed.

It's portable enough and runs all the apps I would ever need for analyzing deal and running numbers.