Raymond B.
Rehabbers: Cold weather: What temperature do you set your thermostat at to protect the work that you have done?
Rehabbers: Cold weather: What temperature do you set your thermostat at, to protect your property?
This past weekend, the temperature dropped into the high 30's.
The job is 99% done, will be listed for sale shortly....
Garry Hoffmann
Smart thermostats for units that landlord pays the heat.
Has anyone tried to use smart thermostats to track individual units heat consumption. So that they can be billed for excessive use?
Chuck E.
Tenant Complains AC Not Cooling to 68 degrees, Outside Is 114 degrees
This issue has occurred several times at different properties: tenants complaining that the AC isn't cooling to a ridiculously low temperature when the ambient temp is about 40 degrees warmer. My response has been tha...
Tom Zarro
Air and heat in a fourplex that I pay electrical
HiI pay for all utilities in a recovery home in multiple four plexes. I have covers on the thermostats but the tenants find ways to get in them and raise heat and lower air conditioning in the summer. I’m in Vegas....
Bruce Tieu
Design and furnish strategy for non conforming duplex
Hi guys,I just closed on my second property. It’s a split level house with 2 / 1 on each level, both about 900sqft. There’s a separate kitchen and living space on each level, acting as a non-conforming up/down duplex....
Sami Gren
accurate thermostat to check exact temperature in each room
As winter approached, we all know about all the phone calls we get from tenants that the heat is not heating up the apartment enough, not to mention the big percentage of them that when we come to check it out the win...
Max T.
Smart Home Features
I read an article about how buyers love smart thermostats, doorbells, etc...I’m wondering if adding some of those will make the property easier/faster to rent. I have a turnover coming up and a ring doorbell costs $10...
Peter Morgan
Tenant closed vents because it’s too hot !
Hello,In one of my duplex rental units the ac heating and cooling is shared between both the tenants. I find the lower unit tenant somewhat peculiar, given he is in the lower unit there will be more heating need as it...
John Kim
1 boiler vs 3 boilers
I have a 3 unit property in which there is only 1 thermostat across all 3 units. It is an old hot water / cast iron radiator system. I currently set the thermostat at 72 in the "coldest room" and pay about $3000/yea...
Matt T.
Old-style valves in bathroom. How to keep children from burn hazard.
I've got a young couple living in a SFH built in the 1940s. Many of the walls in the house are masonry, so replacing plumbing is prohibitive. The bathtub has the old style valves—one for hot and one for cold, and t...