Installing central A/C worth it in the Buffalo area?

[Mike Pepperday]

I'm flirting with the idea of installing central ac on my house hack in a suburb of the Buffalo, NY area. After muliples quotes, i am looking at $8500 for both units. It would help renting it out faster and I would be able to increase rent on them in the future. Any thoughts/opinions would be appreciated. 

[Timothy Smith]

By "both units", do you mean the combination of one heating unit and one cooling unit, or are you talking about a duplex? Who is paying the utilities? Is this more for your own comfort or for your tenants? Sure, you may be able to collect a slightly higher rent for central air, but you also have increased maintenance and eventually replacement costs. Should something go wrong with it, you are obligated to fix it (unless you write verbiage into your lease regarding repair/replacement being "at your discretion", which is still kind of crappy to do). 

To me, I see more value in central air in a flip than in a hold.