Anurag Kumar
HVAC Maintenance Plan Recommendations?
Hey Guys. I am about to turn my primary residence into a rental and I am trying to decide the best way to ensure HVAC maintenance given that doing it myself will not be an option. I think getting a maintenance plan wo...
Kyle Scelza
Managing rental properties - HVAC maintenance
Curious on how you handle annual HVAC maintenance? Are you tenants responsible changing filters and annual service for your A/C and furnace? If so, how do you hold them accountable to keep these up to date?
Jenn Tran
Getting started with buying
Hi! I'm super new to this and understand the basic concepts, but would like to get more advice, or read more personal stories, before I start diving deeper and committing to anything.I am a professional living in SF, ...
Andy Basler
Air Filters - Always looking for advice (price/MERV value/etc)
Hey folks,I have about 10 houses, some with multiiple HVAC units. .....AND I HATE paying retail for anything.I like to keep my filters clean, good for HVAC and several other reasons. I am responsible for the air filt...
Pete B.
Tenant changing attic air filter
We have a home with an hvac unit in the attic, our lease requires tenants to replace the air filter. We had a tenant living here a couple years ago and replaced the hvac system while he was living here. We moved back ...
Krishna Chava
It's summer again: Time for tenant AC issues
I have 2 kinds of tenant complaints for AC: not cooling enough and not cooling at all. Second one is an emergency an I send someone same day, irrespective of what it costs. First one is the grey area that gives rise t...
Casey Culver
HVAC repair or replace?
I'm trying to decide within the next day or so if I should repair or replace the hvac in my rental. Here's all the details...-Townhome, 2 bed 2.5 bath 1600 sq ft. There are 2 HVAC units, one for upstairs and one for d...
Luke H.
How to avoid A/C emergency issues
Hi,I live in Texas and it gets HOT here... I have yearly maintenance done on all A/C units to ensure they are working properly. When an A/C unit stops working tenants will make this an urgent emergency. My A/C guy i...
Victoria Anglin
Tenant/Landlord responsibility list
I am looking for a list of recurring maintenance responsibilities (both landlord and tenant) that can be used in a maintenance calendar as reminders for both landlord and tenant. Ex. Monthly HVAC filter replacement fo...
John T.
AC cleaning- tenant or landlord expense?
Hello BP.For those landlords who have AC units in their rental properties, do you cover any cleaning/servicing expenses or hold the tenant responsible? If the latter, how do you approach it - included in lease, separ...