Cleaned, painted, knocked down a wall, sanded floors and gave it a cool, funky vibe to go with it's 1940's charm.

Purchase price: $326,000 Cash invested: $285,000 vacation rental in Tulum, Mexico: sleeps 6-8, 3 bedroom, 4.5 bathrooms, bonus rm, rooftop pool, community pool, gym, rock climbing wall.

Currently, we have window & wall ACs as well as baseboard heating.

Or do they just use one then repair the wall later as it was? 

@Eddie Fleckenstein we actually did cedar plank walls no celing in a small bathroom and had no issues.

I'd worry about it in pipes that carry water, but I wouldn't much worry about it on walls.

We like to put in 1 attraction in the house, something simple like an accent wall or an upgraded fixture typically will draw in a renter/buyer.

It was an open vaulted ceiling with floor to ceiling windows on a slab.Normally this wouldn't have been a problem, except in this house the owner had some electrical issues and decided to take the cheap way out to repair it by running all the wiring outside the walls in channels like you would find in an industrial application.

LEAVE HIM ALONE...... geez...... you are lucky he responded at all.....don't expect him to dig up some other referral for you or help you with the situation.....LEAVE HIM ALONE......Having the AC out sucks, but its not the end of the world...... suck it up....unless its a life threatening situation, relax... get some portable or wall units and deal with it a couple of days......In my area its not uncommon to be several days for an HVAC person to available period.... let alone someone you trust or have used.

One of the tenants is appallingly filthy (think poop on the walls), and another smokes indoors.