Residential Lease (TXR 2001) When multiple tenants are listed on a lease, there can be confusion about who to make the check payable to...

If your residential tenant moves out on time but fails to provide a forwarding address, what happens to the security deposit? Do you have...

Landlord-tenant issues? Contract request changes? Smoking tenants and fair housing laws? Since countless scenarios arise when managing...

The Texas Workforce Commission’s Civil Rights Division handles most fair housing complaints in Texas, and the commission wants to help...

You have decided to reject a tenant’s application, now what? In this Legal Briefs video, Gabrielle Amaya, Texas REALTORS® Associate...

Are EV chargers at rental properties worth the investment? Electric vehicles are on the rise in Texas, with more than 200,000 registered....

The federal Fair Housing Act allows tenants with disabilities to request changes to the structures of their premises and the rules that...

If your neighbor’s tree encroaches on the property you are renting, do you have the legal right to trim the branches? According to Texas...

Make the process of finding tenants easier with TransUnion’s SmartMove, an online system that provides quick leasing recommendation on...

If your clients don’t have a mailbox on their property, they might get mail from a cluster box: a centralized unit of individually locked...

Your tenant’s lease is up soon, and you’ve decided to sell. While it makes things more challenging if you show the home while the tenant...

The Texas Real Estate Commission met May 2. All meeting materials and a video replay can be found on TREC’s meeting page. Below are...

I’m hearing on the Legal Hotline from members who want to know if the holdover provision in leases is for the tenant’s use if the tenant...

Issues such as late or missed rent payments, property damage, fraud, and high turnover can be costly to a landlord. Help your clients...

During the 87th Texas Legislature, a change in law passed that requires landlords to give notice to prospective residential tenants if...

The Texas Residential Leasing Specialist (TRLS) certification tells your clients that you have a thorough understanding of landlord and...

U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium on evictions is...

In the Residential Lease (TXR 2001), tenants agree to leave the rental property in a clean condition free of all trash, debris, and any...

by Mark Turner It’s every property manager’s and property owner’s worst nightmare: a tenant who does malicious damage. Maybe the tenant...

Get online tenant screening fast through Texas REALTORS® Benefits Partner SmartMove. Whether you’re a property manager handling several...