Who's responsible for broken HVAC?
I purchased an office in a building for a song. The building is run by an HOA that also runs the adjacent apartment building. My tenants have found the HVAC probably needs replacing. It's a couple grand, and I'm pretty sure I should pay for it because I didn't have it examined before they moved in. I don't have any problem with doing so, because I didn't check its operation before my purchase of the space.

Wrinkle: the thermostat/HVAC is shared by a national company, so I presume I get to share the cost with them?

Generally, though, is the tenant responsible for this kind of repair? The HOA? Or is it me? What if my contract does not specify? I would like to amend my contract for the future if necessary.
[{"id": "d50tss5", "text": "Read the lease with your tenant, it might be your responsibility. Also read the cross easement agreements if it's a shared building like yours. It will define who is responsible for what. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d5110gd", "text": "Some commercial leases will have the tenant reimburse you for some capital items such as HVAC, check there to see if the tenant is responsible at all.\n\nI don't know about sharing the bill with the national company.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d514cjw", "text": "Sounds like a new tenant?  Typical(?) lease (or so one of mine was): new tenant has a month or more to make sure all is well with major items like that.  After that, it is their responsibility if repairs don't cost more than XX% of the cost of a new AC unit.  If it is worth getting a new one, then it is often your expense, BUT you can roll it over to the tenant, say at 1% of total cost per month.  Just gotta read your lease.  =)\nShouldn't have anything to do with an HOA.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d51bn9v", "text": "Just saw a NNN lease with a clause that \"the land lord must pay for all HVAC repairs over $3000\". It was for a 91,000sf office building in Florida , where you know that AC is going to be used and abused ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d51xupj", "text": "If the equipment is shared with other owners, then it could be the HOA that is responsible. Check the documents for the HOA to see who makes the repairs/replacements. Then check your lease - you can allocate the repair as negotiated, so it could be Landlord or Tenant's responsibility or any percentage in between (I've seen 100% Landlord, 100% Tenant, Tenant to do repairs but Landlord to pay to replace, Landlord to pay over $x.xx, etc. - nothing is \"standard\").", "replies": [{"id": "d51z84e", "text": "Yep, trying to find the HOA docs now. Thank you. I appear to have omitted it from the lease, ow.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]