I have an apartment building with three units.

My renters are not the sharpest tools in the shed.

The call me for the dumbest things. I have been called for a plumbing emergency and then found it was just a clogged toilet. I have been told there is a bee infestation when there is a small nest under the porch. My renters are helpless. I wanted to have each of the renters deal with their own air filter on the HVAC system. I have separate HVAC units for the apartments. Every HVAC device has an air filter that needs to be changed once a month. The air filter is the piece that handles any dust from getting in the system. Not only is the air quality improved, but the HVAC can run longer and better when less dusty. If left filled with dust, the HVAC could overheat and have a reduced lifespan. It is very important to put a clean HVAC filter in monthly. However, I don’t trust my renters to remember or to do it correctly, so I have to do it monthly. The really terrible part of the job is that there is not one type of air filter at the hardware store. The HVAC units each have a different brand and size of filter as well. So I need to take each old air filter with me to the store to ensure I get the correct one. I wish there were inserts to put in HVAC systems. If the air conditioning filters could all be the same size, I would buy them in bulk and leave them at the rental property.

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