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Can tenants legally take your furniture if they are not in lease?

Frankie Parker
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I have 2 questions regarding furnished rental properties:

1. Can tenants legally take your furniture if they are not specifically included in your lease?

Let's say I furnish my rental property with a bed, tables, chairs, and a sofa and that I do NOT include them in the lease. Can my tenant legally take all of this furniture and keep it as their own upon move-out since I didn't include them in my lease? 

2. IF they cannot take this furniture (which I assume they can since they are not in the lease), are they responsible for any damages to the furniture since they are not specifically listed in the lease?


I am assuming the answer to these questions doesn't matter what state you are located in but if it does, I am in Texas and am a new RE investor.

Thank you!

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