Eviction in Texas

[Andy Plattner]

I just purchased a triplex, two units having tenets.  The plex is in a nice area but the triplex itself is a bit rundown.  I want to fix up the triplex and turn it into a vacation rental so I will have to evict the tenets, one being on a month to month lease and the other on a year lease.  But I will have to evict, which is a little hard for me to do.  I plan to visit with both of them first and tell them what my plans are and give them a 30 day verbal notice.  I am hoping it will end there.  

First of all, is meeting with them a good strategy to try first? I was thinking of telling them I would give them 30 days to move and I will not charge them rent so they could keep the money to do a down payment on another property.   I dont want to get all legal with them right out of the gate, get on their badside, they resist and then I have legal payments.  The plan is to have the place ready in 60 days and most of the work will be the landscape, relocating outside aircond, putting in a pool, and reinforcing the balcony so most of the work will be outside.  

[Greg H.]

@Andy Plattner

When you purchase a property you are required to honor the existing leases.  For the tenant that is month to month, unless other verbiage is  contained in your lease, you will need to give them a 30 day notice to terminate the lease.  For the tenant on a year agreement you will need to honor that lease until the expiration.  You can try to offer to buy the tenant out of the lease(Cash for keys) understanding that the power lies withy our tenant as they have no obligation to accept 

Evictions occur wihen a lease has been violated. IE Rent not paid, holdover or other violations.  Based on the information here there have been no ciolations