Texas Residential Leae (TAR-2001)

[Eric Lee]

Hi Everyone,

I'm in the process of screening tenants for my first rental property.  I asked my realtor if he had a copy of a lease I could reference or use, and he sent me a copy of the TAR-2001 form.  From what I've read, only real estate agents are authorized to use this lease.  I am not a realtor, but if my agent is involved in helping me with the leasing process, would I be able to use this lease? Would my agent need to "cosign" the lease in some way to make it valid since I'm not a realtor?

Reading through the TAR lease it seems very thorough and I like the content.  Worst case if I can't use this lease as a non-realtor, what if I retyped the entire thing into my own format.  Even if I kept a lot of the verbiage the same, would this be legal?

Thanks,

Eric