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Make Your Notice to Vacate Crystal Clear
When we are dealing with a Notice to Vacate, we essentially need to talk about a commitment. That is, a commitment to break your commitment. How does that make sense? Your Notice to Vacate should be what the courts refer to as an “unconditional demand for possession.”...
8 Things You MUST Have for a Good Lease
Your Lease is your most important tool as a Landlord. Don't think of it as a mere formality. This document establishes the most important agreements that make your business operate smoothly and without surprise. If you are going to be a successful Landlord, you will...
3rd Landlord Update: Texas Eviction Diversion Program
The Texas Eviction Diversion Program started off with a number of technical problems, but it now appears to be moving more efficiently. While the applicants we serve are still too few for us to call the program a success, we are beginning to see progress for Landlords...
How to Evict a House Guest Who Just Won’t Leave
Generally speaking, when a guest sleeps over at your home, you have a reasonable expectation that the visit will end, and that guest will return to their home. However, sometimes when a guest is "crashing at your place for a little while." you find yourself in the odd...
Long-term Lease vs Month-to-Month Lease
There are good attributes to both a long-term lease and a month-to-month lease agreement. Some commercial leases go for 10 or more years. The real question to ask yourself is, "What are my long-term and short-term goals for this property?" If you know you want passive...
Landlord Basics: How to Evict a Tenant
Either you're looking for a refresher course because it's been soooo long since you've had to evict someone, or you've never do this before. Either way, it's good to cover the basics from time to time. Today's video takes you from start to finish on the Eviction...
How to Successfully Challenge a CDC Declaration
As expected, a large number of people who were never the intended focus of the CDC Eviction Moratorium are taking advantage of the system. This means that individuals have sworn under penalty of perjury to be eligible for this assistance and are not. To date, I have...
Landlord Security Deposit Statutes You Should Know: TX Property Code 92.109
Some Landlords will collect a security deposit at the beginning of a lease and never think about it again. For one, they may have simply deposited the fund, and now that money is long gone. Maybe the deposit was used as a fee paid to an agent for securing the tenant...
Landlord Statutes You Should Know: TX Property Code Section 92.056
One of the most common defenses that pops up from Tenants in an eviction case is, "My Landlord never fixed my __________." Generally speaking, this defense goes nowhere. The Court usually explains that rent cannot be withheld in a Lease due to a repair that the...
Four Things to Know Before You File for Eviction during this Eviction Moratorium
Evictions in Texas have stopped and started and stopped and started on and off and on and off again since March. There is no doubt that 2020 has been a challenging year for Landlords in Texas. While Evictions are going forward in this state, there are now a number of...
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