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...

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...

Here are answers to several frequently asked questions regarding your lease and the COVID-19 pandemic. Do I Still Need to Pay Rent During...

I am the property manager for a property with three tenants. At the end of the lease term, one of the tenants decided to live alone and...

Yes. Section 92.016 of the Texas Property Code gives tenants the right to vacate a property and avoid liability in instances of family...

A tenant for a property I manage entered into a lease with the landlord and paid a security deposit and first month’s rent. The day...

A tenant notified me yesterday that his water heater stopped working. A repairman came to the property today, but the water heater...

The tenant of a property I manage told me someone shattered a window while trying to break into his unit. He then sent me written notice...

How much notice does a landlord have to provide a tenant prior to filing an eviction? It depends on the terms in the lease. The Texas...

I was managing a property, and the owner terminated the management agreement effective today. A tenant in the property previously...