Fallen fence at LTR property: Who is responsible?

[Alain Chautard]

Hi. I'm a remote investor owning a LTR property in Houston, TX, while being based out of California. I was contacted by my PM company a month ago about "70 feet of backyard fence that had fallen down".

I received a quote and was asked if I approved the repairs, but I was of course wondering about a few things:

1) Why would I have to pay for those repairs and not the neighbor sharing that fence? Shouldn't the cost be split? I certainly didn't break anything.

2) Does the HOA have a say in this?

3) Also, how did that fence fall down? Did someone break it? Was there a weather event? Should insurance policies be involved?

A month later, the PM company hasn't helped in any way. They couldn't reach out to the neighbor. The HOA doesn't have any rules on that matter.

I still don't see why I would have to pay 100% of the repairs without knowing more about what happened there, who's responsible, and what my options are.

So my question is: How would you handle it? What do you think I should be doing? Anyone else encountered a similar scenario before?