Texas Landlord Questions

[Travis Rogers]

Hi Folks,

I live in Eugene Oregon and am liquidating my SFR's here and continuing to invest in Texas, right now Temple and Belton specifically. For my self-storage/apartments/homes in Texas, I haven't had good luck with property management. This year I took over myself and things are going much better, however I'm still trying to find all the forms and ideally an association I could pay and speak with to get up to speed on laws, processes, forms, etc.

In Oregon we have a fantastic rental association that I pay for annually (Oregon Rental Owners Association). This allows me to purchase forms, and call their helpdesk. Does anything like this exist in Texas? Also, are there any good websites for forms, landlord laws, etc. for TX? I've been told TREC, but all I see on there are realtor forms, nothing landlord related. If you have a link to landlord related TREC pages feel free to add in the comments. 

Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Travis

[Bruce Lynn]

TAA -Texas Apartment Owners Assoc.

I also suggest all landlords read the Texas Property Code section about rentals.  Probably good to read it 2-3 times a year.  That answers lots of questions.  Surprising enough I think it is a pretty easy read.   I figured it was a lot of legal mumbo/jumbo, but it is fairly plain and understandable English in most cases.

I don't doubt you had trouble in Temple/Belton with PM, but what were the issues?

My first thought would be in might make sense to hire a military spouse in the area who wants part time work to do your PM work for you.  Put out signs, lockboxes, pick up applications, arrange for repairs, etc.