@Danny CarrollThe Nest thermostat is the best remote temp monitor around.

Hi, I'm looking to install smart home devices in two of my houses. Nest's package is about $2k.Wanted to know if any one has experience w/ Nest, and if you know of other providers that have a variety of items for a sm...

They have thermostats on them.

Mine can set door codes, message (or call) guests, schedule cleaners, adjust the thermostat, monitor my cameras, & call a plumber just as easily as a local PM can, for 1% of the costHire good cleaners, a solid handyman & befriend some helpful neighbors.

My rentals are class B neighborhood type homes and small apartments.I'm pretty ignorant to the whole smart home product line, a programmable thermostat and remote garage door opener is the fanciest I've used.

Thermostats, thermocouples, the common furnace control board, furnace filters.

My PMs can set door codes, message (or call) guests, schedule cleaners, adjust the thermostat, monitor my cameras, & call a plumber just as easily as a local PM can, for 1% of the cost.Hire good cleaners, a solid handyman & befriend some helpful neighbors.

For the basement apartment's comfort as they can't control their own heat, we got a wireless ecobee thermostat that has wireless sensors.  

There's nothing more frustrating to me than going into a unit I'm paying for heat in and seeing the thermostat cranked to *80, windows open and it's *20 outside. 

Now if anyone has access to the thermostat here in Chicago can you please turn it up a few degrees?