Landlord Guides

Minnesota landlord furnace checklist before winter

Most winter emergencies in a rental start with something cheap that got skipped in the fall. The 10-step checklist we run on our own Minnesota rentals before winter, from the...

Minnesota landlord furnace checklist before winter

Most winter emergencies in a rental start with something cheap that got skipped in the fall. The 10-step checklist we run on our own Minnesota rentals before winter, from the...

How often to change a furnace filter in a rental

Every 90 days for a 1-inch filter, every 60 with pets, and about every 6 months for 4-inch and 5-inch filters. A schedule you can put in the lease, plus...

How often to change a furnace filter in a rental

Every 90 days for a 1-inch filter, every 60 with pets, and about every 6 months for 4-inch and 5-inch filters. A schedule you can put in the lease, plus...

What happens when tenants never change the furn...

A furnace filter that never gets changed slowly chokes the system until something expensive fails. What a skipped filter does month by month, the warning signs a landlord can catch,...

What happens when tenants never change the furn...

A furnace filter that never gets changed slowly chokes the system until something expensive fails. What a skipped filter does month by month, the warning signs a landlord can catch,...

Can a landlord charge a tenant for HVAC damage ...

Sometimes. A landlord can charge a tenant for furnace or AC damage from a dirty filter only when the lease made the filter the tenant's job and the neglect caused...

Can a landlord charge a tenant for HVAC damage ...

Sometimes. A landlord can charge a tenant for furnace or AC damage from a dirty filter only when the lease made the filter the tenant's job and the neglect caused...

Who changes the furnace filter in a rental, lan...

In most rentals the landlord is responsible for the furnace filter unless the lease clearly assigns it to the tenant, and even then the landlord still owns the furnace. What...

Who changes the furnace filter in a rental, lan...

In most rentals the landlord is responsible for the furnace filter unless the lease clearly assigns it to the tenant, and even then the landlord still owns the furnace. What...