what do you do? Tenant with prison past.

[DG H.]

Mother in law of tenants want to lease with option to buy my property for her daughter and son-in-law.
Son-in-law has a prison record for aggravated assult. Out for 3 years ....he gave me patrol officers contact information willingly said he's not been in any trouble since. (of course I will check everything out once I decide whether to even take the application) I know the mother in law...she will pay no problem.
I've had church people, teachers, police officers and everyone in between trash my properties but have never rented to a patrolee..so frankly...I just don't know.
Advice?

[Brian Gibbons]

Originally posted by Steve Babiak:

Oh, and in TX you have to be careful with the lease option ... I'm sure my mentioning it will bring on some of the experts to comment.

Hi Steve Babiak and DG Henderson

In Texas you do need to do it right, @John Jackson is your man for TX. For Texans, you may want to read up here.

http://www.lonestarlandlaw.com/Lease-Options.html

Right of First Refusal in TX is another strategy. See http://www.lonestarlandlaw.com/Right-of-First.html

Hope that helps the good ole boys and gals in TX.

Brian