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Landlords, if You Sell Your Property, Do it the Right Way
Many times I find myself on the telephone speaking with a prospective client who is confused by the fact that he lost his Eviction Trial. "This guy hasn't paid in 6 months!" Ouch. That sounds bad. However, the real problem isn't the fact that my potential client isn't...
Landlords, More and More Tenants are Filing Eviction Appeals
Most evictions end in the justice courts, and landlords generally find that after filing the eviction, the tenant has left. But there is a growing number of tenants who are aware of their right to file an appeal of an eviction. Some of these people are tenants who...
What do You do if Your Tenant Leaves but Someone Else Stays Behind?
Imagine that you own a piece of rental property. You have tenants and a Lease, and you’re receiving rent on a regular basis. But a few months down the line, you realize that your Tenants have left, but they left behind guests. Those guests are not paying any rent, so...
Can I Accept Money From a Tenant After I Deliver a Notice to Vacate?
You’re fed up with your tenant and you’ve decided that you’re done. And now, you have drafted a notice to vacate – it’s a proper notice under the rules and you have delivered it properly. For a refresher on how properly draft and deliver a Notice to Vacate, check out...
Self-help Efforts that Get Landlords Into Trouble
Sometimes the law takes too long. We get frustrated by delays and time restraints when we're dealing with Tenants who won't pay rent and won't honor their Lease. We begin to FEEL like taking things into our own hands is the only way to solve our Landlord/Tenant...
Take My Advice to Win Your Eviction Trial
Early on in my practice, I defended Tenants in Eviction cases. It was how I first learned the ins and outs of Landlord/Tenant Law. I found the same stories over and over. My Clients (the Tenants) had not paid rent. But, despite this negative fact, I had a good rate of...
How Does a Landlord Get the Most out of an Eviction Judgment?
So you've gone to Court and won your Eviction. Great. Now what? Do you know what to do with it? Do you even know your options? How would you collect on this judgment, particularly from a Tenant who was unable tor unwilling to pay rent before the judgment. You will...
Do Your Tenants Know How to Request Repairs?
As a Landlord with rental property in Texas, there are certain disclosures that you should have in your lease. Having clear and informative Lease terms is a good practice for yourself as the Landlord and for your tenant. For example, your lease should have a provision...
Filing for Eviction Can be Complicated, Especially if You’ve Never Done it Before
At a certain point in your career as a Landlord, you will likely have to move on to the next step in the Eviction process (this is the part when non-Landlords who read this blog start throwing tomatoes at me). You’ve tried to work things out with the Tenant who failed...
The Lease has Expired, but the Tenant Remains; Is that Legal?
A Lease is a special kind of contract.There are certain rights and obligations that exist inside of it and in state law that work together at the same time. One of those rights is the ability for a Lease to remain intact in certain cases, even after the original Lease...
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