They can provide heat in the winter and A/C in the Summer, which is often a competitive advantage and can command higher rent.

I think it’s value is 1600-1700 but given it isn’t peak rental season I wanted to get someone in quickly before winter so I went with lower rent.

In Northern Ontario we used that system to heat water pipes from the lake in winter.

Home sales go down in the winter, BUT use that to your advantage...

You're heading into winter... which doesn't help. 

Addressing the problems is like trying to put out small individual fires in a forest that is burning.

Hey BP,I have an apartment building that I own in Montana, where it snows often in the winter.

it dies back in winter though, as do all grassesSalvia clevelandii is another good candidate that will attract birds and hummingbirdsThen pick out some "specimen" plants to add interest.  

Hi, I was wondering how easy or hard is it to get tenants in fall/winter in New England.

@Marc Winter Marc, maybe you want to possible - oh I dunno - read the thread before jumping in?!