Rob Beland
Massachusetts Heating Laws - Heat on yet?
To all my fellow Massachusetts investors out there that have buildings where you pay the heat have you turned your furnaces/boilers on yet? I received my first call Saturday night from a tenant that wanted to have the...
Margeaux Appold
STR Technology - What Automation and Home Systems Do you like?
Hi everyone, Ive acquired my first property that will become an STR. What automations/software (pricelabs, hospitable, guesty, etc) are your favorites?What home automations (wifi door lock, smart thermostats, etc) are...
Account Closed
"Locking" the thermostat at 70 degrees
Greetings, I have yet to purchase my 1st income property but have been reading and watching a lot on BP (great stuff btw). I am wondering if a landlord of a 3500sq/ft, 4unit, section 8 compliant property can program t...
Clayton Hutton
Looking for Thermostats tenant can't adjust
Hello, Looking for a thermostat I can install in a duplex that is converted from a single family home. The main issue I've been having is that the home has central heating and air and this seems like the easiest wor...
Margie Kohlhaas
Smart / WiFi Thermostat without WIFI access?
I have a triplex rental and two of the units have connected utilities. The guy in the middle unit can't figure out how to run his manual Honeywell thermostat. He either leaves it on Heat or Cool but doesn't understand...
Phillip Syrios
Should We Install Free Nest Thermostats
Does anybody in Property Management have any experience with these? In Kansas City the local power company is having a program that residents can get these installed for free as long as they have permission from their...
Wesley W.
Thermostat with limits set by landlord
Hi folks,I have a rental unit with a hot air/central AC system installed. I am looking for a thermostat that I can install where I can set the upper and lower limits of the temperature - perhaps by a passcode. In ot...
Michael Baum
Mike's Deals of the Day 7/21/2020
Hey all. For those of you looking for a smart thermostat, Amazon has the Emerson Sensi on sale for $83.17 w/free shipping for Prime members.There are a lot of thermostats out there, but what makes the Sensi nice is th...
John Humphries
Duplex - double metered but one forced air furnace
This may be a dumb question, but it just occurred to me that a duplex that I am analyzing has separate meters, but only one forced air furnace. Currently utilities are included in the rent, but I'd like to have tenant...
Christian Lincoln
The right thermostat when you are paying for heat?
College housing. They crank it up over 70 and then open the windows. Paid $5000 in heat last year in one house that well insulated. Thinking about a "nest". A way to remotely control the thermostat or take away their ...