Does anyone on here know if it is legal for me to put a lock on the thermastat in my duplex?  The stat is on the main floor and controls both levels.  The new tenants love to have the heat cranked way to hot.  Can I p...

I'm putting in four furnaces, one for each unit, in my 4 plex and my HVAC guy said he would just have two AC units to run the 4 units and split the bill. Smart move? If so, how do you bill your tenants? Or just spend ...

I have a 3 family that I pay the heat...it's 3 stories and each floor is it's own apartment...we call them 3 deckers here in Boston...I just bought the house 2 months ago and now it's heat season...looking for suggest...

So I have a very basic question. I have a rental that I'll be charging 700 per room to rent, this is going to included all the utilities. That being said can I install a programmable t stat with a lock box?

According to my handyman all three of the thermostats I have in my single family rental property are no longer functioning and need to be replaced. Seems strange, but they were all installed at the same time 6 years a...

Have a fairly new tenant in. She told me she had a high bill about $800. So she had an energy audit done which was free, they told her the vents had leaks and the thermostat was wrong. So called the pro's in for this ...

I have a new tenant who recently moved in the 2nd floor apartment ( 2BR, 1BA) of a 2 unit building. Her unit was completely remodeled. Brand new kitchen appliances, windows, baths, floors, gas water heater, gas fur...

Hi all, this is my first house, first rental, first time landlord situation where I acquired my family home through inheritance. I have had good tenants for 6 months, however I found out during their occupancy in wint...

I looked at a sixteen unit multi family today. It consists of two buildings. There are a total of three gas boilers for heat. The landlord pays heat and water, but each apartment has it's own electric meter and then t...

My offer was just accepted on a duplex and being a first time home buyer AND house hacker, I'm equally excited and as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs but I digress. Anyway, has anyone eve...