My Idea for HVAC Filter Changes with Tenants. Will it work?
I now know that tenants will not change air filters in their heating and cooling system. From reading the forums, I gather that most landlords here change the filters themselves because clearly you cannot depend on the tenant to protect your $4k investment.
The problem with this model is the time spent driving to the rental to do the swap. I sure as heck don't want to spend one day a month driving all over town replacing filters, and I don't want to pay somebody to do it either. There's got to be a better way!
My idea is to put in the lease that the there is a $25 charge every three months for air filter replacement. It will state this charge can be waived if the tenant uses one of our provided filters to change them self and text or email me a picture of the new one by the 1st of the month that quarter. Think it will work?